Construction permits have slowed to a trickle, causing concern among city leaders. | oksana.perkins / Shutterstock
A landmark Seattle housing law is facing pushback as the city sees permit applications for new housing drop precipitously, reports David Kroman in The Seattle Times.
City officials saw the Mandatory Housing Affordability program, passed between 2017 and 2019, as “a best-of-all-worlds approach to unleashing the private market while also taking advantage of a generationally good environment for development on behalf of the public.” The program requires developers who want to build larger buildings to pay into an affordable housing fund or offer affordable units…