(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to build more housing in Seattle can be summed up in three words: “taller, denser, faster.” But city residents are divided on the plan, as evidenced by two hearings on Monday attended by several hundred residents.
Wilson announced her approach last week, aiming to accelerate a revamp of the city’s zoning laws to sometime in 2027, rather than 2028.
The speakers fell into two camps: those who feel that more housing will help create more affordable units in a city with a housing shortage and expensive rents, and homeowners who don’t like apartment buildings staring down their residential street…