Sometimes it actually is a "Not In My Back Yard!" situation. Zoning is meant to help to create some stability to what a neighborhood looks like, how it works and the sort of activities someone can expect. We invest in our home, our community and our lives based on a neighborhood. Changing those parameters under the guise of "affordability" is disingenuous and divisive. What comes from these canyons made of buildings is not affordability. Meanwhile, it appears to cater to developer profits, with little in the way of family housing or appropriate transit, amenities and a big loss of livability.
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Michelle Duerre
8 years ago
Stop this!!
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Debra Covert-Bowlds
8 years ago
Keep Seattle neighborhoods neighborly! These special community-driven 'hoods make up the basic fabric of our city. Keep high rises downtown.
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Brook Peters
9 years ago
The HALA upzones are ruining the character of each unique neighborhood. This is about profit. Many of the older, more affordable units will be torn down to make way for boxes that will be temporary housing. No one wants to live in efficiencies for longer than they have to. These units will provide a revolving door of tenants that do not have any skin in the game for making each neighborhood better. They will move out as soon as they are able to more "affordable" housing....the fare reaching suburbs, increasing traffic congestion and having a negative environmental impact.
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Sandra Van Der Pol
9 years ago
No to HALA up zones. We need our unique neighborhoods. One size fits all up zones are not good for our city. The developers are not following through on their responsibilities in providing affordable housing. What good does it do to ruin our neighborhoods if the goals are reached after all that? The developers and their friends in city hall are only interested in one thing: $$$$.
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Michael Cosgrove
9 years ago
With the upzone, I lose a lot. In return I get nothing. The city may benefit, developers surely will, the new residents may be happy, but I just lose.
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sondra shulman
9 years ago
Don't ruin our city with these hideous buildings..
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Frank Fay
9 years ago
The urban village upzones do not provide affordable housing, only a lot of profits for developers.
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Max G Nicolai
9 years ago
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Hala proposals to up-zone urban villages will result in increased gentrification, displacement and ultimately fewer affordable units. It is a patently flawed proposal that benefits moneyed interests at the expense of Seattle citizens.
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Jeff Lindstrom
9 years ago
Please don't take the "Livability" away from our community!
Tall buildings take away our sunshine and enjoyment of the outdoors, please don't do that except in select urban core areas, like downtown!
Neighborhoods should be left to create density without height.
Give us:
Streamlined ADU DADU permitting
Streamlined ADU DADU designs
A city that wants ADU DADU density in existing neighborhoods
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Gwen Boyer
9 years ago
I say NO! to high-rise development in our unique Seattle neighborhoods with their small-town ambiance and YES to Parks and green space. And Please stop blocking Seattle's waterfront views with more development! Those water views are what help make Seattle a beautiful place to live, or to visit.
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Rina
9 years ago
Character of a city should be kept, not destroyed by developers. There is no healthy balance anymore between new developments and families population in neighborhoods such as Wallingford.
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Deirdre Cochran
9 years ago
These developments erase any charm from our neighborhoods-- trees, gardens, space, parking, and developers DONT provide affordable housing for anyone.
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Daniel Gilman
9 years ago
not this HALA
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Anonymous
9 years ago
No
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Lisa Harris
9 years ago
I have lived in Wallingford since 1979 and am concerned that the one-size fits all HALA upzone is inappropriate for Wallingford.
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Michael Schell
9 years ago
We indeed the need for more density, but destroying a neighborhood's worth of beautiful vintage Craftsman homes is too high a price, and impacts low-income homeowners.
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Jeff Johnson
9 years ago
"Affordable Housing" is a false pretext. This is an insider deal between Ed Murray and big developers to displace residents and destroy neighborhoods. People should not be fooled.
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Valerie Zenos
9 years ago
What developers are building is not "affordable", indeed the houses being down down were once our affordable rentals, and are fast disappearing with upzoning.
More corporate corruption from our mayor and city council.
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Nita
9 years ago
Represent us! Don't shove your policies down our throats. Listen to your constituents.
Sometimes it actually is a "Not In My Back Yard!" situation. Zoning is meant to help to create some stability to what a neighborhood looks like, how it works and the sort of activities someone can expect. We invest in our home, our community and our lives based on a neighborhood. Changing those parameters under the guise of "affordability" is disingenuous and divisive. What comes from these canyons made of buildings is not affordability. Meanwhile, it appears to cater to developer profits, with little in the way of family housing or appropriate transit, amenities and a big loss of livability.
Stop this!!
Keep Seattle neighborhoods neighborly! These special community-driven 'hoods make up the basic fabric of our city. Keep high rises downtown.
The HALA upzones are ruining the character of each unique neighborhood. This is about profit. Many of the older, more affordable units will be torn down to make way for boxes that will be temporary housing. No one wants to live in efficiencies for longer than they have to. These units will provide a revolving door of tenants that do not have any skin in the game for making each neighborhood better. They will move out as soon as they are able to more "affordable" housing....the fare reaching suburbs, increasing traffic congestion and having a negative environmental impact.
No to HALA up zones. We need our unique neighborhoods. One size fits all up zones are not good for our city. The developers are not following through on their responsibilities in providing affordable housing. What good does it do to ruin our neighborhoods if the goals are reached after all that? The developers and their friends in city hall are only interested in one thing: $$$$.
With the upzone, I lose a lot. In return I get nothing. The city may benefit, developers surely will, the new residents may be happy, but I just lose.
Don't ruin our city with these hideous buildings..
The urban village upzones do not provide affordable housing, only a lot of profits for developers.
Hala proposals to up-zone urban villages will result in increased gentrification, displacement and ultimately fewer affordable units. It is a patently flawed proposal that benefits moneyed interests at the expense of Seattle citizens.
Please don't take the "Livability" away from our community! Tall buildings take away our sunshine and enjoyment of the outdoors, please don't do that except in select urban core areas, like downtown! Neighborhoods should be left to create density without height. Give us: Streamlined ADU DADU permitting Streamlined ADU DADU designs A city that wants ADU DADU density in existing neighborhoods
I say NO! to high-rise development in our unique Seattle neighborhoods with their small-town ambiance and YES to Parks and green space. And Please stop blocking Seattle's waterfront views with more development! Those water views are what help make Seattle a beautiful place to live, or to visit.
Character of a city should be kept, not destroyed by developers. There is no healthy balance anymore between new developments and families population in neighborhoods such as Wallingford.
These developments erase any charm from our neighborhoods-- trees, gardens, space, parking, and developers DONT provide affordable housing for anyone.
not this HALA
No
I have lived in Wallingford since 1979 and am concerned that the one-size fits all HALA upzone is inappropriate for Wallingford.
We indeed the need for more density, but destroying a neighborhood's worth of beautiful vintage Craftsman homes is too high a price, and impacts low-income homeowners.
"Affordable Housing" is a false pretext. This is an insider deal between Ed Murray and big developers to displace residents and destroy neighborhoods. People should not be fooled.
What developers are building is not "affordable", indeed the houses being down down were once our affordable rentals, and are fast disappearing with upzoning. More corporate corruption from our mayor and city council.
Represent us! Don't shove your policies down our throats. Listen to your constituents.