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All significant cities are required to implement zoning to allow sixplexes (bigger cities) or fourplexes in most SFR areas by next year thanks to 2023 legislation.
The HOA thing sounds vaguely familiar but I don't believe anything earth-shattering passed.
In 2019 or so, Seattle changed SFR zoning to allow accessory units, generally two (i.e. three units total) if the site is big enough. One can be detached and both have to be small.
Tacoma upstaged everyone a couple years ago by implementing four-plexes and accessory units. I'm forgetting the details.
All metro cities are redoing their comprehensive plans in 2024 per State requirement, and each plan will accommodate the State's housing need projections. King County (half the metro) has to accommodate 309,000 more units over 20 years, including 112,000 in Seattle, 35,000 in Bellevue, and 20,000 in Redmond. Some cities are considering allowing more than required, including Bellevue whose EIS has a 70,000 alternative.
We failed to pass State legislation mandating higher-density zoning near frequent transit (bus or train). Maybe next year.
That's for the better, because occasionally I'll come across things like this:
Those are emblematic of the 20% of Seattle that already allowed real density before the stuff I talked about. The fringes of those areas have lower height limits and often get townhouses like these.
They manage to be reasonably dense because each tends to have a second row behind the first, totaling three or four units where one house used to stand. They typically have exactly one parking space per unit.
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