SEATTLE — A state board has invalidated Seattle’s plan to build affordable housing near T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field, dealing a major blow to what supporters called a solution to the city’s housing crisis.
The Growth Management Hearings Board ruled Monday that the Seattle City Council violated state environmental laws and growth management regulations when it approved the “Stadium Makers’ District” legislation in March.
The 6-3 vote in March had authorized workforce housing and small manufacturing spaces on two blocks in the SODO Stadium District. Both sides said there would be nearly one-thousand housing units, but the state board clarified the area would likely have about 375 units…