Seattle could not in good conscience ignore its blue-collar roots and simply let gentrification happen. So last month, after years of political negotiations and legal wrangling, the City Council unanimously adopted a measure to build affordable housing.
A developer plans to replace the Chateau building in Seattle's gentrifying Central District with five floors of apartments, but will pay into an affordable-housing fund rather than include low-income units.
The experiment is being closely watched across the country as other boomtowns strive to protect low-income residents, retain a middle class, curb commutes and reducein housing. Randy Shaw, the author of a recent book about gentrification, called the plan “the biggest ‘upzoning’ reform any city has done.”
The measure applies to 27 “neighborhood hubs,” covering just 6% of single-family-zoned areas and sparing the vast majority of blocks with potential for home-building in those neighborhoods. Then in 2017, Cadence Real Estate bought the Chateau for $4.2 million, intending to tear it down and replace it with a four-story structure containing about 73 compact apartments.
Looking to get out, Warren Johnson, 69, found an apartment in a building for senior citizens. But then a manager learned that Roselle, disabled from a car accident, is 44.Other tenants fear becoming homeless. Waiting lists for subsidized housing in the area are often months or years long.
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