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HUD Proposes Updates to HOME Grant Program
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Hawaii Passes First Legislation Regulating Short-Term Rentals Statewide

The new law will give counties the power to limit number or short-term rentals
and convert existing short-term rental units back into long-term residential
housing.

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Being the world’s largest data center hub is having a severe impact on local
water resources.

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OP-ED: SEATTLE’S ADU RULES LEAVE LONG-TERM RENTERS OUT IN THE COLD

One resident argues that adding a unit for long-term rental is too expensive and
difficult, especially when compared to the city’s ‘super easy’ process for
permitting a short-term or vacation rental.

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January 24, 2023, 11:00 AM PST

By Diana Ionescu @aworkoffiction



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Real Window Creative / Seattle, Washington

Despite the city’s housing affordability crisis and official pledges to support
increased housing production, one Seattle resident found that the process of
converting his basement to an apartment for long-term renters is “painful,
expensive, and risky,” unlike the “super simple” process for adding a short-term
rental unit, a practice that many housing advocates blame for reducing the
supply for long-term renters.

Writing on his experience in the Seattle Times, Eric Fisk notes that “For a
short-term rental on your property there are no city inspections or standards
for renting out your space beyond a minimal cost for registering with the city.”
(According to the city’s website, some STRs, such as those that are not the
owner’s primary residence or are a dedicated unit, are required to comply with
the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance). However, adding an Attached
Accessory Dwelling Unit (AADU) for long-term rental is trickier. For example,
“One critical rule is that you cannot put tenants in a finished garage space if
you are in a single-family zone, even if removing that parking would create new
on-street parking in front of your driveway.”

According to Fisk, this has led to a huge imbalance in short-term and long-term
rentals in Seattle, with only around 1,000 AADUs built since the city passed its
Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda in 2016.

Fisk suggests several ways to remedy the situation, including closing the
regulatory gap, waiving parking requirements for certain single-family homes,
eliminating permitting fees, and providing more resources to homeowners who want
to convert parts of their homes to AADUs.

FULL STORY: If Seattle cares about affordability, why does it make it so hard to
add basement apartments?

Friday, January 20, 2023 in The Seattle Times

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