'Taller, denser, faster': Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announces plan to supercharge city's housing growth [View all]

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is doing everything in her power to speed up housing development in the city.

Wilson told “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio she recently announced a new housing initiative to boost the city’s growth plan.

“We’re calling it taller, denser, faster,” she said. “And so basically, we’re kind of supercharging the next couple of phases of our comp plan to basically propose allowing more multi-family building near frequent transit, and more growth centers around the city where you can build higher buildings.”

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson outlines plan to boost housing

Wilson explained the plan is an effort to allow the private market to increase the city’s stock of market-rate housing. She acknowledged the project won’t automatically make housing affordable, but it will help in the long term. At the same time, Wilson said the city’s social housing developer is getting started, fueled by revenue from a tax on large corporations.

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