Voting at its August meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Municipal League gave its support to the renewal of the Seattle Housing Levy that will be on the September primary ballot.

The new 7-year levy would raise $86 million, an amount calculated to maintain the average annual housing production taking into account rising real estate and building costs. The $86 million is proposed to be leveraged with state, federal and private funds to produce some 2,044 units of affordable and low-income housing.

The League’s statement of support concludes, "In balance, the Trustees believe that the need for low income housing assistance has become, if anything, more acute, previous levy administration has been both prudent and effective, the proposed levy was developed carefully with broad input, and that this important ballot measure is therefore worthy of support."

The full statement can be found here