Drafter
Clerk 01/14/2026
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into a housing cooperation agreement with the Housing Authority of the County of King to facilitate the development of low-income housing in accordance with chapter 35.83 RCW.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. According to the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at the University of Washington, the median home price in King County nearly doubled from 2015 to, while median household income as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has increased by only approximately fifty percent over the same period, putting the dream of owning a home out of reach for many King County middle and lower income households.
B. Homeownership provides quality housing and is one of the most important assets in building wealth, particularly for middle- and lower-income households.
C. The Housing Authority of the County of King ("KCHA"), in partnership with the Manufactured Housing Community Preservationists ("MHCP"), a Washington nonprofit corporation, is proposing to develop a manufactured housing community consisting of thirty two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes that will be affordable and sold to low-income households with incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median income on undeveloped property located at 5901 South 129th Street in the Skyway-West Hill Community Service Area ("Skyway-West Hill Subarea") of King County, Washington ("the housing project").
D. The site consists of Assessor's Parcel Number ("APN") 2172000470 currently consisting of 2.89 acres. In cooperation with MHCP, the site will be expanded through a boundary line adjustment (File No. BLAD24-0032), to adjust the property line adjacent to MHCP's manufactured housing community at 12929 Martin Luther King Way, APN 2172000612, to exceed the three-acre minimum lot size required under the King County Code.
E. The housing project is located between two exi...
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