Build baby build—any units are good units
In this May 2024 discussion of the multifamily tax exemption, Gill compares Seattle and Bellevue's affordability requirements with Spokane's relatively loose approach. He attributes that approach partly to a Council consensus favoring more units. He does not say Spokane has no affordability requirements. Automatic captions; not independently audio-verified.
“Spokane has kept it relatively loose in part because of I think the consensus that we have on our Council around just build baby build like any units are good units at this point.”
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It's used, I think, very well in cities like Seattle, Bellevue. Uh, they actually have stricter rules than Spokane has around affordability with those units. Um, but Spokane has kept it relatively loose, in part because of, I think, the consensus that we have on our Council around just build baby build—like, any units are good units at this point.