Will Mayor Harrell revive Seattle's 'aPodment' fight?

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When housing gets more expensive, more people end up homeless. A 2019 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that a $100 increase in median rent was associated with a 9% increase in the estimated homelessness rate.

To lower the price of housing in Seattle, Mayor Bruce Harrell said his office is looking at a suite of options including, potentially, reviving dorm-style aPodments and other micro housing.

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Seattle had a micro housing boom that started more than 10 years ago, during which developers built thousands of units of the dorm-style apartments. Then in response to public backlash, the Seattle City Council heavily regulated where micro apartments could be built, what amenities they had to include, how large they had to be and other guidelines developers said made them more expensive and less appealing to build. The result is vastly less micro housing being built in recent years.

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Rents start around $800 for the tiniest aPodments and go up to $1,500 for larger loft units, which can be more than 250 square feet. According to data from apartmentlist.com, the average Seattle studio rents for $1,839.

https://crosscut.com/news/2022/07/will-mayor-harrell-revive-seattles-apodment-fight

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1. for that price I have waikiki 600 sq ft apt 5 minutes from the beach lol nt