{"id":2936,"date":"2025-01-22T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/bateman\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:47:26","slug":"expanding-housing-supply-hearing-in-senate-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/bateman\/2025\/01\/22\/expanding-housing-supply-hearing-in-senate-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding housing supply hearing in Senate Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major legislation to help expand Washington\u2019s housing supply will be heard in the Senate Housing Committee 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26. The hearing can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvw.org\/video\/watch?clientID=9375922947&amp;eventID=2025011362&amp;_gl=1*a1kbg7*_ga*MTE3Njc1ODU3MS4xNzMyNjUzNDc4*_ga_J5MMHVD463*MTczNzU2NTM4OS4zMy4wLjE3Mzc1NjUzOTAuMC4wLjA.\">streamed live or replayed on TVW here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two bills, the Housing Accountability Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary\/?BillNumber=5148&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5148<\/a>) and the Parking Reform Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/BillSummary\/?BillNumber=5184&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5184<\/a>) are both sponsored by Sen. Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia), who also chairs the committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Accountability Act \u2013 SB 5148<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bateman offered the following quote on the bill:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington already faces a severe housing shortage, and it\u2019s only going to get worse unless we act. We\u2019ve passed a lot of important housing reforms in the past few years, but we need accountability to ensure those new laws fully go into effect and truly deliver on the promise of more affordable homes for the people struggling to find a place to live. We\u2019ve got to cut the red tape and stop the delays so builders can get to work now on building the homes Washingtonians need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How the bill works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cities must submit their housing plans and development regulations to the Department of Commerce for review. Commerce will assess whether these plans comply with state housing laws.<\/li>\n<li>If a city&#8217;s housing plans are not approved, the \u201cBuilder\u2019s Remedy\u201d takes effect, and the city cannot deny affordable housing projects. The developers must ensure affordability for at least 25 years, and cities may still deny projects that violate state or federal laws or are located outside urban areas, in critical areas or areas not zoned for residential use.<\/li>\n<li>A public compliance list will track which cities follow the law, and cities failing to meet deadlines and comply with state law will risk losing access to state grants and infrastructure funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Parking Reform Act \u2013 SB 5184<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bateman offered the following quote on the bill:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is about giving builders flexibility to build parking for their projects in the right way for each community. It doesn\u2019t force anybody to build a certain way \u2014 all it does is give us more options, so we can get more affordable buildings on the market. There are some places where it makes sense to have a lot of parking spots for every building, and some places where all that parking isn\u2019t necessary, or where building lots of parking spots is counterproductive. Too many cities currently require more parking than they really need, and this bill prevents those overly broad requirements that force builders to pave more parking spots than the people who live, work, and shop there really need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This bill does the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prohibits cities and counties from requiring more than 0.5 parking space per residential dwelling unit.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibits cities and counties from requiring more than one parking space per 1,000 feet of commercial space.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibits cities and counties from requiring any minimum parking requirements for existing buildings undergoing change of use and various other categories of residential and commercial buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibits cities with a population of at least 10,000 within a county with a population density exceeding 100 people\/sq. mile from requiring off-street parking as a condition of permitting development of multifamily, middle housing, or ADUs that are located within 1\/2-mile walking distance of transit service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on parking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>58% of all Washington renter households own one or no cars, but in most cities and counties, it is illegal to construct a home with only one parking spot. That means many landlords are forced to pay for parking their tenants don\u2019t need, and tenants are paying higher rent as a result.<\/li>\n<li>This isn\u2019t just for renters either \u2014 one in four\u00a0homeowner households in Washington have one or no cars, but nearly all jurisdictions (91%) require two or more off-street parking spaces for every single-family home. That\u2019s thousands and thousands of Washington homeowners paying for parking spots they don\u2019t need.<\/li>\n<li>It affects businesses too! The typical office or retail store in Washington is required to dedicate\u00a0more\u00a0space to parking than to the building itself. The most common mandate for restaurants requires\u00a0three times\u00a0as much space\u00a0to be paved over for parking than the floor space of the dining establishment itself.<\/li>\n<li>Parking spots cost money. Requiring more parking than people need makes the cost of housing and doing business higher than it needs to be. Fixing our parking laws will help improve affordability for homeowners, renters, businesses, and shoppers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major legislation to help expand Washington\u2019s housing supply will be heard in the Senate Housing Committee 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26. The hearing can be streamed live or replayed on TVW here. The two bills, the Housing Accountability Act (SB 5148) and the Parking Reform Act (SB 5184) are both sponsored by Sen. Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia), who also chairs the committee. Housing Accountability Act \u2013 SB 5148 Bateman offered the following quote on the bill: \u201cWashington already faces a severe housing shortage, and it\u2019s only going to get worse unless we act. 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