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| Bill # | State | Year | Party | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HB 1183 |
WA | 2025 | D | "Co-Living" and Single-Room Occupancy, Affordable housing incentives and financing, Building code reform, Minimum parking requirements, Planning for climate adaptation and hazards, Technical assistance |
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Summary
Washington HB 1183
- Requires cities and counties to allow increased building heights and reduced setbacks for residential use in existing nonconforming buildings.
- Prohibits local governments from imposing facade modulation or upper-level setbacks on affordable housing, modular construction, mass timber projects, and buildings meeting passive house standards.
- Eliminates off-street parking requirements for most sustainable and affordable housing projects unless a local jurisdiction proves that such limitations significantly compromise safety.
- Standardizes unit size requirements for low-income affordable housing and mandates that these units be comparable in size to market-rate units within the same project.
- Sets an implementation deadline for local governments to incorporate these regulations within six months of their next comprehensive plan update or progress report.
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Bill Title
Relating to incentivizing affordable and sustainable building practices through building code and development regulation reform; amending RCW 35.21.990, 35A.21.440, and 36.70A.620; and adding new sections to chapter 36.70A RCW.
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