A RESOLUTION declaring the City Council's intent to consider strategies to increase the availability of affordable housing in The City of Seattle; and requesting the State Legislature to adopt new policies or modify existing policies in order to provide additional opportunities for cities and counties to increase the availability of affordable housing.
Thank you very much will close the public comment period now and go back to agenda item number one. Consideration of resolution 31609. Councilmember O'Brien. Thank you. So this is a resolution that came out of the Select Committee on Housing Affordability just over a week ago. This is a framework resolution that lays out the workplan for the Council as regards to hollow recommendations. There are three specific parts of the resolution. The first section talks about references, the attachment, which lists out the matrix of the different issues that are being prioritized when they'll be considered. But the outcomes we want to achieve are it also lays out the objectives we're trying to achieve, including increasing the number of rent controlled units, increasing preservation for folks in in housing. Also removing barriers for tenants, reducing barriers for new development to happen, and exploring programs to help existing homeowners. The second section highlights the asked to the state legislature. There are a number of laws that the state controls that we would like help on to support increased affordable housing. And finally, the third section lays out in adopts the would the goals set forth in the hall a process of 30,000 net new market rate units and 20,000 net new income restricted units. Over the next ten years. Thank you. Questions or comments? All in favor of approves approving resolution 31609 vote I. I oppose vote no. The resolution is adopted. Eight in favor. Zero opposed. The report of the Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee. Please read item two.