Legal Resources

On December 18th, Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development released the draft Downtown Regional Center Plan, an area-specific component of the ongoing citywide One Seattle Comprehensive Plan...

Last week, the Bellevue City Council received a progress update from the City on the sign code updates that were initiated in Council last year. The updates stem from a 2015 United States Supreme Court...

Today, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed the Multifamily Tax Exemption (“MFTE”) Program 7. Program 6 expired earlier this year, so the renewal was anticipated by both renters and the development...

On September 22, 2025, the Seattle City Council Housing and Human Services Committee advanced Council Bill 121055 to the full Council, which is expected to consider the ordinance on October 14, 2025. The...

In May of 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed a pair of bipartisan bills to ease the subdivision of urban lots for infill housing use and development. Specifically, HB 1096 requires cities to implement a...