Chapter 6 - Housing
PlanSpokane 2046 draft
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Chapter 6: Housing
Introduction
Housing is both a basic human need and foundational to a sense of
belonging in a community. The purpose of the Housing Chapter is to addr
the existing and future housing needs of Spokane’s diverse and growing
community and to ensure all residents have access to housing throughout
their lives that is right sized for their household, attainable for all
located where they desire, and accessible to transit, employment,
recreation, and a variety of services to meet their daily needs.
The following Chapter includes a narrative description of the overall h
strategy and goals and policies that build upon past plans, community
engagement, and the current and future needs of the community. The
Housing Chapter addresses residents’ housing needs through topics like
housing choice and diversity, housing affordability, accessibility, and
quality of housing in the city.
Housing Strategy
Adopted through regional planning efforts, the City of Spokane anticipa
population growth of 23,357 between 2020 and 2046, resulting in a total
population of 256,057 residents. To ensure housing is affordable and
available to all, 22,359 new housing units are needed over the same per
at varying affordability levels. Exhibit H-1 highlights the terminology
different housing affordability brackets, as well as the number of new
needed for each range of Area Median Income (AMI)*.
Table H-1 Housing Affordability Terms and New Housing Units Needed
Lower-Income Housing: 15,347 units needed by 2046
• Extremely Low Income: <30% AMI
• Very Low Income: 30–50% AMI
• Low Income: 50–80% AMI
Workforce Housing: 2,588 units needed by 2046
• Moderate Income: 80–120% AMI
Market Rate Housing: 4,424 units needed by 2046
• High Income: >120% AMI
*AMI refers to the area median income of households in Spokane, establi
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which adjusts with household si
amount are used to identify different household income and housing cost
**Affordable housing is different for each household and is housing in
no more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing costs, includ
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A variety of City policies, regulations, programs, incentives, and investments
are useful when guiding development. To ensure safe and affordable
housing to all, meet housing targets, and ensure capacity for current and
future residents, the City has identified a housing strategy that includes the
following priorities:
Increasing Housing Supply
Promoting housing production at all affordability levels throughout the city
is a top priority to guarantee housing access for all residents. Housing
production statewide has not kept up with the demand for housing,
including in the City of Spokane. Additional housing units are needed to
meet the needs of our community, including securing housing for unhoused
residents, mitigating high housing prices, and accommodating future
population growth.
New development and redevelopment are crucial to meeting the housing
needs of Spokane’s residents as the city grows. To ensure such growth is
beneficial to all residents, the housing strategy also considers additional
tools for affordability, housing access, and displacement risk.
Retaining Existing Housing
Existing housing units throughout the city provide the backbone of Spokane
neighborhoods. Whether based on age, unit size, or other factors, the
existing housing stock provides opportunities for housing that can be
naturally more affordable than new development. To meet our housing
needs, the City should encourage the retention and rehabilitation of these
housing units, when possible, to minimize displacement and ensure they
remain safe, viable, and affordable for future generations.
Expanding Socioeconomic Diversity
To ensure residents have access to housing and opportunity, the integration
of households at all income levels is needed throughout the city.
Socioeconomic integration can spur investment in neighborhoods, provide
opportunities for households to access new neighborhoods, and reduce the
concentration of affordable housing. The distribution of income levels is
partly dependent on providing a range of housing types in every
neighborhood to expand housing choice, while other efforts, such as
economic incentives, can also support socioeconomic diversity.
Addressing Racially Disparate Impacts
The challenges of housing affordability and accessibility have not been felt
equally throughout our community. A history of policies and practices at
both the local and national level have disproportionately and adversely
shaped the housing experience for many communities within Spokane,
especially Black, Indigenous, and other Communities of Color. The history of
these policies has direct implications on where these communities can
access housing and the impacts that housing has on their quality of life. A
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key priority for the City is to ensure policies begin to address and undo those
harms.
Reducing Displacement and Displacement Risk
Displacement is the process by which a household is forced to move from
its community because of conditions beyond their control. Examples
include:
• Physical displacement: Households are directly forced to move for
reasons such as eviction, foreclosure, demolition, natural disaster,
or deterioration in housing quality.
• Economic displacement: Households are compelled to move by rising
rents, costs of home ownership like property taxes, or lack of
opportunity.
• Cultural displacement: Residents are compelled to move because the
people and institutions that make up their cultural community have
left the area.
Displacement risk is the likelihood that a household will be displaced from
its community in the future. Anti-displacement policies, regulations, and
programs should seek to preserve historical and cultural communities,
reduce displacement risk from market forces that occur with changes to
zoning development regulations and capital investments, avoid pressure on
high displacement risk areas, and support households in retaining their
housing.
Goals and Policies
Goals and policies provide specificity for planning and decision-making.
Overall, they indicate desired directions, accomplishments, or aims in
relation to the growth and development of Spokane.
Goal: H-1, Planning for Housing
Efficiently and effectively plan for the housing needs of Spokane’s growing
population over the next twenty years and beyond.
Policy: H-1.1, Accommodating Spokane’s Housing Needs
Accommodate the housing needs of Spokane’s growing population by
planning for, allowing, and incentivizing sufficient housing at all income
levels, including typical permanent housing as well as transitional housing,
emergency housing and shelters, and permanent supportive housing.
Policy: H-1.2, Regional Coordination
Consult and coordinate with other jurisdictions, agencies, and community
organizations on a regular basis to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of housing efforts and to ensure regional housing needs are met.
Review notes
New goal encompassing the general
administration and requirements
related to planning for housing.
New policy reflecting the requirements
to meet the community’s housing needs
at all income levels as identified by
recent state legislation (HB 1220).
Policy expanded to include agencies and
local organizations when planning for
housing on a regional scale.
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Policy: H-1.3, Regional Fair Share Housing
Participate in a process that monitors and adjusts the distribution of lower-
income housing throughout the region, promoting equitable distribution and
access to housing everywhere.
Policy: H-1.4, Use of Existing Infrastructure
Support infill by directing new residential development to areas where
existing infrastructure, community and public services, and other supportive
facilities are already available or can be easily provided. Increase the
feasibility of infill development by supporting funding mechanisms,
partnerships, and incentive programs that reduce infrastructure-related
costs for affordable housing development when existing infrastructure
requires significant upgrades.
Policy: H-1.5, Expanded Opportunity for Incentives and Funding
Expand opportunities for housing development and homeownership,
including exploration of new funding mechanisms, property and sales tax
reform, and incentives.
Policy: H-1.6, Remove Barriers to Housing Development
Regularly review and update land use and development regulations and the
efficiency of the permitting process to ensure barriers to housing
development and retention are addressed and reduced over time, including
considerations for programs such as pre-reviewed house plans.
Policy: H-1.7, Housing Goal Monitoring
Monitor progress toward achieving the City’s housing goals, including the
number, type, affordability, and location of housing units, ensuring
development meets the needs of residents and reduces disparities in housing
access, especially for historically excluded communities, and recommend
policy changes if positive direction toward achieving the housing goals is not
occurring.
Goal: H-2, Housing Choice and Diversity
Provide opportunities for a variety of housing types everywhere in the city that
are safe and affordable for all income levels, supporting neighborhood choice
and the ability for residents to remain in their neighborhoods as their housing
needs change.
Policy: H-2.1, Distribution of Housing Options
Promote a wide range of housing types and sizes everywhere in the city to
meet the diverse needs of the community, ensuring access for people of all
income levels and housing needs.
Review notes
Policy expanded to include the concept
of equitable distribution throughout the
region.
Policy language expanded to be
explicitly about encouraging infill
housing development. Language around
supporting feasibility added based on
community feedback.
Policy expanded to include concepts of
incentives for housing development and
homeownership that are not limited to
state tax reform.
Policy language was streamlined and
expanded to include all housing
development.
Policy language was expanded to
include the monitoring requirements of
HB 1220 related to housing affordability
and Racially Disparate Impacts.
This goal was expanded to include a
geographic component and the concept
of neighborhood choice throughout a
housing journey.
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Policy: H-2.2, Creative Housing Options
Encourage historic and emerging housing options that provide lower-barrier
alternatives to traditional housing, such as tiny homes, accessory dwelling
units, co-living, smaller single-unit dwellings, land banks, co-housing, condos,
and social housing, and allow the development of demonstration projects to
serve as models for future housing choice.
Policy: H-2.3, Homeownership
Support the expansion of diverse homeownership opportunities including a
variety of unit types, sizes, and affordability levels within all neighborhoods.
Policy: H-2.4, Mobile Home Preservation
Preserve existing mobile homes and mobile home parks while supporting the
relocation of parks exposed to flood, fire, or other displacement risks.
Policy: H-2.5, Manufactured Homes
Allow a diversity of newly sited manufactured housing throughout the city,
both on individual lots and within designated communities, exploring
flexibility in development regulations such as unit size and lot configuration
to promote housing diversity and affordability.
Policy: H-2.6, Accessory Dwelling Units
Promote the development of accessory dwelling units in all residential and
mixed-use areas, including those that can be rented or sold individually,
through incentives and programs to increase affordable housing and
homeownership opportunities.
Policy: H-2.7, Single-Room Occupancy
Allow development of single-room occupancy where multi-unit residential is
allowed to encourage affordable housing options throughout the city,
seeking to ensure that the design of these residences accommodates the
unique needs of single-room occupancy.
Policy: H-2.8, Tiny Homes
Enable the siting of licensed and permitted tiny homes and tiny home
communities, including those on foundations or on wheels, as an affordable
and adaptable solution for housing and homeownership, and accommodate
tiny homes as temporary or transitional housing in areas where the provision
of services and support are adequate.
Policy: H-2.9, Supportive Housing
Encourage the development and retention of supportive housing at all
income levels for vulnerable and at-risk populations, including both
permanent and temporary housing and care for people with disabilities,
Review notes
Policy added to enforce the concepts of
emerging housing trends and looking to
historic housing practices as guidance
for potential future housing regulations.
Policy added to reinforce the
community’s desire for more
homeownership opportunities.
Policy moved from Growth Strategy
(previously LU 1.16) and expanded to
include displacement risk.
Policy expanded to broadly allow
manufactured housing siting based on
community feedback and state
legislative mandates.
Policy expanded to include allowances
for more than one ADU and a variety of
configurations in accordance with state
law (HB 1337).
Policy expanded to include allowances
outside of downtown, consistent with
current allowances and state law (HB
1998).
Policy added to highlight extensive
public feedback related to allowances
for tiny houses.
Policy combines concepts from existing
policies H 1.22 and H 1.23 into a single
policy on the need for supportive
housing throughout the city.
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people experiencing addiction, aging populations, veterans, domestic
violence survivors, and LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults throughout the
city.
Policy: H-2.10, Cultural and Multigenerational Housing
Support the development of culturally sensitive community housing,
multigenerational housing, gathering spaces, and programming for Black
and Indigenous communities and other Communities of Color, immigrants,
refugees, and vulnerable populations, with the intent of expanding
opportunities for affordable housing, homeownership, and cultural
connection.
Policy: H-2.11, Resilient Development Practices
Encourage and allow for new proven technologies and best practices that
increase building resiliency throughout the city for all use types, including the
reuse of materials, energy efficiency, less environmentally costly materials,
local building materials and supplies, and new methods for thermal
insulation and structural features.
Policy: H-2.12, Preservation, Rehabilitation, Reuse, and Conversion
Encourage preservation when possible, connecting property owners to local,
state, and federal funding sources for the rehabilitation, reuse, or conversion
of structures to provide additional housing units throughout the city.
Goal: H-3, Housing Accessibility
Ensure housing is accessible to all residents throughout the city, prioritizing
universal design, adaptability, and inclusion to support independent and
supportive living options and ensuring residents of all ages, abilities, and incomes
can thrive in their communities over time.
Policy: H-3.1, Aging in Place
Encourage and support accessible design and housing strategies, such as
universal design and single-level housing, that provide the growing aging
population opportunities to remain within their neighborhoods as their
needs change, minimizing displacement.
Policy: H-3.2, Accessible Housing for All Incomes
Foster the preservation, retrofit, and development of accessible, visitable,
safe, and affordable housing through regulations, incentives, and programs
that support residents of all abilities and incomes.
Review notes
Policy added to highlight extensive
public feedback related to the need for
culturally sensitive housing and
expanded multigeneration housing
options.
New Climate Resilience and
Sustainability Board (CRSB) Policy. This
policy was originally slated for Natural
Environment, but was determined to be
a housing policy.
Policy expanded to include the concepts
of rehabilitation, reuse, and conversion,
which were themes in both climate and
housing public engagement.
New goal focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on accessibility,
regardless of age, based on community
feedback.
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Policy: H-3.3, Geographic Distribution of Accessible Housing
Promote inclusive housing design for both group and independent living for
residents with intellectual, developmental, physical, or other needs in all
areas of the city.
Goal: H-4, Affordable Housing
Advance an equitable and inclusive housing system that ensures access to
affordable housing and homeownership across the city, promotes housing
stability, and reduces historical inequities in housing access and opportunity.
Policy: H-4.1, Affordability Requirements
Explore options for affordable housing within new developments, prioritizing
incentives that offset the cost of such units, while also considering mandatory
set-asides or other tools. Examine considerations such as project scale,
location, units removed, and displacement risk when exploring thresholds
for incentives or requirements.
Policy: H-4.2, Lower-Income Housing Supply
Collaborate with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to develop and
maintain lower-income or subsidized housing, including supporting
households that may not be able to compete in the market for housing nor
qualify for housing assistance, as well as supporting the retention of
affordable housing units at risk due to sale, demolition, or expiration of
incentives.
Policy: H-4.3, Affordable Housing Funding Sources
Identify and pursue state and federal funding sources, while also developing
local funding sources, to aid in the development and retention of affordable
housing.
Policy: H-4.4, Siting of Subsidized Lower-Income Housing
Set clear site criteria for publicly subsidized housing to ensure distribution
throughout the community, allowing access to areas of historic exclusion,
and minimizing geographic concentrations of publicly subsidized housing in
neighborhoods with a high percentage of minority or lower-income
households.
Policy: H-4.5, Partnerships to Reduce Financial Barriers
Partner with public and private lending institutions to find solutions that
increase opportunities and reduce financial barriers for builders and
residents of affordable and lower-income rental and owner-occupied
housing.
Review notes
New policy focused on the distribution
of different types of accessible housing.
New goal focused on the creation and
retention of affordable housing
throughout the city.
Policy was broadened to explore
different ways to expand affordable
housing development, prioritizing
incentives over requirements.
Policy expanded to include maintenance
and retention of affordable housing.
Policy expanded to include a focus on
areas of historic exclusion, encouraging
a geographic distribution of lower-
income housing throughout the entire
city.
Policy expanded to include residents.
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Policy: H-4.6, City Owned Property
Partner with local housing providers, developers, and other applicable
organizations and agencies to identify City owned property that may be
appropriate for new development that provides housing units, and update
policy and regulations to allow for the transfer or use of those properties.
Policy: H-4.7, Community Ownership Models
Promote community-owned homeownership and equity models, including
community land trusts, cooperative housing, and resident ownership
models.
Policy: H-4.8, Short-Term Rentals
Ensure that short-term rental regulations balance the needs of residents and
visitors of the city against impacts on the cost and supply of long-term
housing.
Policy: H-4.9 Consistent Supportive Housing Options
Collaborate with and support service providers to ensure adequate and
consistent operation of emergency shelters, transitional housing, emergency
housing, permanent supportive housing, and related services throughout the
city.
Policy: H-4.10, Employer-Sponsored Housing
Provide incentives for employers to sponsor or develop affordable housing
in proximity to their place of employment.
Policy: H-4.11, Vacant, Condemned, and Real Estate Owned Buildings
Promote and assist local partners, organizations, and agencies in purchasing
and renovating vacant, condemned, and/or Real Estate Owned properties in
order to provide sites for affordable housing development.
Goal: H-5, Housing Equity and Opportunity
Ensure all residents have equal access to housing and homeownership
opportunities throughout the city, regardless of protected status, cultural
background, or income.
Policy: H-5.1, Inclusive Housing Education
Create and promote educational resources and programs that assist lower-
and moderate-income households in obtaining and maintaining housing
and homeownership, including targeted outreach to historically excluded
communities, language access, and partnerships with local organizations to
provide culturally relevant outreach.
Review notes
New policy focused on the use of City
owned property to advance affordable
housing initiatives.
New policy from the Fair Housing Plan
and Racially Disparate Impacts Analysis
to expand affordable homeownership
models.
New policy to recognize the need to
balance short-term and long-term
housing needs and support future
reevaluation of regulations if they begin
to impact housing supply.
New policy to support community
organizations in their provision of a
range of supportive housing types.
Policy was relocated to Housing from
the Community Health (previously SH-
1.6). The types of organizations were
expanded while the policy focus was
narrowed to housing development.
New goal focused on highlighting the
need for housing equity identified
through the Racially Disparate Impacts
Analysis and public feedback.
Policy expanded to include
homeownership and a focus on equity
in response to the Racially Disparate
Impacts Analysis.
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Policy: H-5.2, Fair Housing
Ensure fair and equitable access to housing for all, including informing
property owners and tenants of fair housing requirements, protections, and
enforcement, identifying historical patterns of segregation and inequality,
and working to undo those impacts by addressing disparities in housing need
and access to opportunities everywhere in Spokane.
Policy: H-5.3, Mix of Incomes
Promote and encourage developments serving a mix of incomes throughout
the city, expanding socioeconomic integration by ensuring a variety of
housing types and costs in all neighborhoods, allowing the community to live
where they desire, and avoiding regulations that concentrate housing
affordability in isolated areas.
Policy: H-5.4, Remove Barriers to Rental Housing
Encourage and support property owners and property managers in reducing
barriers to tenant access to rental housing, including the rental application
processes.
Goal: H-6, Housing Quality and Safety
Improve the overall quality and long-term viability of housing within the City of
Spokane, ensuring residents have access to safe and stable housing that meets
the needs of all incomes and abilities throughout the city.
Policy: H-6.1, Housing Rehabilitation and Preservation
Provide financial and educational assistance to property owners to help
facilitate housing rehabilitation, health hazard remediation, and ongoing
maintenance that supports the preservation and safety of housing within the
city, prioritizing lower-income households.
Policy: H-6.2, Property Responsibility and Maintenance
Assist in and promote improved and increased public and private property
maintenance and responsibility throughout the city, including financial
assistance and programs such as façade improvements.
Policy: H-6.3, Energy Efficiency Assistance
Partner with energy providers, other regional partners, and state regulators
to offer incentives or rebates for property owners who make energy-efficient
improvements, such as heating, ventilating, air conditioning and
refrigerating installations, operations, and maintenance, on the condition
that cost savings are shared with tenants.
Review notes
Policy expanded to include the current
requirements for Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing.
This policy combines existing policies H
1.7 and H 1.9 due to the overlapping
intent of encouraging mixed-income
developments and socioeconomic
integration.
New policy for reducing barriers to
accessing/applying for rental housing,
which was a common theme in previous
housing engagement for Building
Opportunity for Housing.
Policy expanded to include potential
avenues to implement the policy.
New Climate Resilience and
Sustainability Board (CRSB)
recommended policy.
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Policy: H-6.4, Rental Registry
Monitor the City’s Rental Registry to ensure that rental housing meets life and
fire safety standards and provides safe housing for tenants.
Policy: H-6.5, Land Acquisition and Home Relocation Program
Consider and analyze a program for the purchasing and/or relocation of
homes in the 100-year floodplain, establishing those areas long-term for
natural area conservation and potential wildlife movement corridors.
Goal: H-7, Displacement
Mitigate displacement risk and the impact of City actions, working to keep
households in their homes whenever possible while also meeting the needs of
future residents and overall growth.
Policy: H-7.1, Tenant Displacement
Explore and establish residential anti-displacement strategies for tenants,
including rental assistance and rent stabilization, advanced notice of
demolition or rehabilitation, relocation assistance, and ‘right to return’
policies.
Policy: H-7.2, Financial Relief
Identify, connect residents to, and encourage the creation of more local,
state, and federal financial assistance programs to prevent low-income and
fixed income rental and owner-occupied households from being displaced
from their homes, including but not limited to property tax and utility billing
relief programs and rental assistance.
Policy: H-7.3, Climate Displacement Risk
Allocate resources to help all community members, including low-income
residents, remain in their homes during extreme climate events, including
extreme heat and wildfire smoke, through infrastructure and services such
as the installation of cooling devices or high-quality portable air cleaners,
utility bill assistance, or community and Tribal partner collaborations and
educational opportunities.
Policy: H-7.4, Displacement Monitoring
Regularly monitor displacement risk over time, assessing the effectiveness of
the City’s anti-displacement strategies in mitigating residential displacement
and updating those strategies as needed to respond to changing situations.
POLICIES REMOVED FROM THE TEXT:
The following policies in blue have been removed from the text, largely due
to redundancy, unclear goals/success, and similar factors.
Review notes
New policy relating to the existing rental
registry, encouraging its continued use.
This policy was moved to Housing from
the Natural Environments Chapter
(previously NE 19.3).
New goal focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
Climate Resilience and Sustainability
Board (CRSB) recommended policy.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
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Policy: H-1.11, Access to Transportation
Encourage housing that provides easy access to public transit and other
efficient modes of transportation.
Policy: H-2.4, Linking Housing With Other Uses
Ensure that plans provide increased physical connection between housing,
employment, transportation, recreation, daily-needs services, and
educational uses.
Review notes
This policy was refined and moved to
the Growth Strategy Chapter as GS-3.2
The concepts in this policy are fully
incorporated into the Growth Strategy
Chapter.
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hearing to consider the overall document. We'd
love to hear from you along the way.
Document Version: August 5, 2026
If you have any comments on the chapters, please
engage with us at http://planspokane.org or by
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for their consideration prior to any hearings on
the proposed document.
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Chapter 6: Housing
Introduction
Housing is both a basic human need and foundational to a sense of
belonging in a community. The purpose of the Housing Chapter is to addr
the existing and future housing needs of Spokane’s diverse and growing
community and to ensure all residents have access to housing throughout
their lives that is right sized for their household, attainable for all
located where they desire, and accessible to transit, employment,
recreation, and a variety of services to meet their daily needs.
The following Chapter includes a narrative description of the overall h
strategy and goals and policies that build upon past plans, community
engagement, and the current and future needs of the community. The
Housing Chapter addresses residents’ housing needs through topics like
housing choice and diversity, housing affordability, accessibility, and
quality of housing in the city.
Housing Strategy
Adopted through regional planning efforts, the City of Spokane anticipa
population growth of 23,357 between 2020 and 2046, resulting in a total
population of 256,057 residents. To ensure housing is affordable and
available to all, 22,359 new housing units are needed over the same per
at varying affordability levels. Exhibit H-1 highlights the terminology
different housing affordability brackets, as well as the number of new
needed for each range of Area Median Income (AMI)*.
Table H-1 Housing Affordability Terms and New Housing Units Needed
Lower-Income Housing: 15,347 units needed by 2046
• Extremely Low Income: <30% AMI
• Very Low Income: 30–50% AMI
• Low Income: 50–80% AMI
Workforce Housing: 2,588 units needed by 2046
• Moderate Income: 80–120% AMI
Market Rate Housing: 4,424 units needed by 2046
• High Income: >120% AMI
*AMI refers to the area median income of households in Spokane, establi
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which adjusts with household si
amount are used to identify different household income and housing cost
**Affordable housing is different for each household and is housing in
no more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing costs, includ
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priorities for housing based on state law
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A variety of City policies, regulations, programs, incentives, and investments
are useful when guiding development. To ensure safe and affordable
housing to all, meet housing targets, and ensure capacity for current and
future residents, the City has identified a housing strategy that includes the
following priorities:
Increasing Housing Supply
Promoting housing production at all affordability levels throughout the city
is a top priority to guarantee housing access for all residents. Housing
production statewide has not kept up with the demand for housing,
including in the City of Spokane. Additional housing units are needed to
meet the needs of our community, including securing housing for unhoused
residents, mitigating high housing prices, and accommodating future
population growth.
New development and redevelopment are crucial to meeting the housing
needs of Spokane’s residents as the city grows. To ensure such growth is
beneficial to all residents, the housing strategy also considers additional
tools for affordability, housing access, and displacement risk.
Retaining Existing Housing
Existing housing units throughout the city provide the backbone of Spokane
neighborhoods. Whether based on age, unit size, or other factors, the
existing housing stock provides opportunities for housing that can be
naturally more affordable than new development. To meet our housing
needs, the City should encourage the retention and rehabilitation of these
housing units, when possible, to minimize displacement and ensure they
remain safe, viable, and affordable for future generations.
Expanding Socioeconomic Diversity
To ensure residents have access to housing and opportunity, the integration
of households at all income levels is needed throughout the city.
Socioeconomic integration can spur investment in neighborhoods, provide
opportunities for households to access new neighborhoods, and reduce the
concentration of affordable housing. The distribution of income levels is
partly dependent on providing a range of housing types in every
neighborhood to expand housing choice, while other efforts, such as
economic incentives, can also support socioeconomic diversity.
Addressing Racially Disparate Impacts
The challenges of housing affordability and accessibility have not been felt
equally throughout our community. A history of policies and practices at
both the local and national level have disproportionately and adversely
shaped the housing experience for many communities within Spokane,
especially Black, Indigenous, and other Communities of Color. The history of
these policies has direct implications on where these communities can
access housing and the impacts that housing has on their quality of life. A
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key priority for the City is to ensure policies begin to address and undo those
harms.
Reducing Displacement and Displacement Risk
Displacement is the process by which a household is forced to move from
its community because of conditions beyond their control. Examples
include:
• Physical displacement: Households are directly forced to move for
reasons such as eviction, foreclosure, demolition, natural disaster,
or deterioration in housing quality.
• Economic displacement: Households are compelled to move by rising
rents, costs of home ownership like property taxes, or lack of
opportunity.
• Cultural displacement: Residents are compelled to move because the
people and institutions that make up their cultural community have
left the area.
Displacement risk is the likelihood that a household will be displaced from
its community in the future. Anti-displacement policies, regulations, and
programs should seek to preserve historical and cultural communities,
reduce displacement risk from market forces that occur with changes to
zoning development regulations and capital investments, avoid pressure on
high displacement risk areas, and support households in retaining their
housing.
Goals and Policies
Goals and policies provide specificity for planning and decision-making.
Overall, they indicate desired directions, accomplishments, or aims in
relation to the growth and development of Spokane.
Goal: H-1, Planning for Housing
Efficiently and effectively plan for the housing needs of Spokane’s growing
population over the next twenty years and beyond.
Policy: H-1.1, Accommodating Spokane’s Housing Needs
Accommodate the housing needs of Spokane’s growing population by
planning for, allowing, and incentivizing sufficient housing at all income
levels, including typical permanent housing as well as transitional housing,
emergency housing and shelters, and permanent supportive housing.
Policy: H-1.2, Regional Coordination
Consult and coordinate with other jurisdictions, agencies, and community
organizations on a regular basis to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of housing efforts and to ensure regional housing needs are met.
Review notes
New goal encompassing the general
administration and requirements
related to planning for housing.
New policy reflecting the requirements
to meet the community’s housing needs
at all income levels as identified by
recent state legislation (HB 1220).
Policy expanded to include agencies and
local organizations when planning for
housing on a regional scale.
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Policy: H-1.3, Regional Fair Share Housing
Participate in a process that monitors and adjusts the distribution of lower-
income housing throughout the region, promoting equitable distribution and
access to housing everywhere.
Policy: H-1.4, Use of Existing Infrastructure
Support infill by directing new residential development to areas where
existing infrastructure, community and public services, and other supportive
facilities are already available or can be easily provided. Increase the
feasibility of infill development by supporting funding mechanisms,
partnerships, and incentive programs that reduce infrastructure-related
costs for affordable housing development when existing infrastructure
requires significant upgrades.
Policy: H-1.5, Expanded Opportunity for Incentives and Funding
Expand opportunities for housing development and homeownership,
including exploration of new funding mechanisms, property and sales tax
reform, and incentives.
Policy: H-1.6, Remove Barriers to Housing Development
Regularly review and update land use and development regulations and the
efficiency of the permitting process to ensure barriers to housing
development and retention are addressed and reduced over time, including
considerations for programs such as pre-reviewed house plans.
Policy: H-1.7, Housing Goal Monitoring
Monitor progress toward achieving the City’s housing goals, including the
number, type, affordability, and location of housing units, ensuring
development meets the needs of residents and reduces disparities in housing
access, especially for historically excluded communities, and recommend
policy changes if positive direction toward achieving the housing goals is not
occurring.
Goal: H-2, Housing Choice and Diversity
Provide opportunities for a variety of housing types everywhere in the city that
are safe and affordable for all income levels, supporting neighborhood choice
and the ability for residents to remain in their neighborhoods as their housing
needs change.
Policy: H-2.1, Distribution of Housing Options
Promote a wide range of housing types and sizes everywhere in the city to
meet the diverse needs of the community, ensuring access for people of all
income levels and housing needs.
Review notes
Policy expanded to include the concept
of equitable distribution throughout the
region.
Policy language expanded to be
explicitly about encouraging infill
housing development. Language around
supporting feasibility added based on
community feedback.
Policy expanded to include concepts of
incentives for housing development and
homeownership that are not limited to
state tax reform.
Policy language was streamlined and
expanded to include all housing
development.
Policy language was expanded to
include the monitoring requirements of
HB 1220 related to housing affordability
and Racially Disparate Impacts.
This goal was expanded to include a
geographic component and the concept
of neighborhood choice throughout a
housing journey.
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Policy: H-2.2, Creative Housing Options
Encourage historic and emerging housing options that provide lower-barrier
alternatives to traditional housing, such as tiny homes, accessory dwelling
units, co-living, smaller single-unit dwellings, land banks, co-housing, condos,
and social housing, and allow the development of demonstration projects to
serve as models for future housing choice.
Policy: H-2.3, Homeownership
Support the expansion of diverse homeownership opportunities including a
variety of unit types, sizes, and affordability levels within all neighborhoods.
Policy: H-2.4, Mobile Home Preservation
Preserve existing mobile homes and mobile home parks while supporting the
relocation of parks exposed to flood, fire, or other displacement risks.
Policy: H-2.5, Manufactured Homes
Allow a diversity of newly sited manufactured housing throughout the city,
both on individual lots and within designated communities, exploring
flexibility in development regulations such as unit size and lot configuration
to promote housing diversity and affordability.
Policy: H-2.6, Accessory Dwelling Units
Promote the development of accessory dwelling units in all residential and
mixed-use areas, including those that can be rented or sold individually,
through incentives and programs to increase affordable housing and
homeownership opportunities.
Policy: H-2.7, Single-Room Occupancy
Allow development of single-room occupancy where multi-unit residential is
allowed to encourage affordable housing options throughout the city,
seeking to ensure that the design of these residences accommodates the
unique needs of single-room occupancy.
Policy: H-2.8, Tiny Homes
Enable the siting of licensed and permitted tiny homes and tiny home
communities, including those on foundations or on wheels, as an affordable
and adaptable solution for housing and homeownership, and accommodate
tiny homes as temporary or transitional housing in areas where the provision
of services and support are adequate.
Policy: H-2.9, Supportive Housing
Encourage the development and retention of supportive housing at all
income levels for vulnerable and at-risk populations, including both
permanent and temporary housing and care for people with disabilities,
Review notes
Policy added to enforce the concepts of
emerging housing trends and looking to
historic housing practices as guidance
for potential future housing regulations.
Policy added to reinforce the
community’s desire for more
homeownership opportunities.
Policy moved from Growth Strategy
(previously LU 1.16) and expanded to
include displacement risk.
Policy expanded to broadly allow
manufactured housing siting based on
community feedback and state
legislative mandates.
Policy expanded to include allowances
for more than one ADU and a variety of
configurations in accordance with state
law (HB 1337).
Policy expanded to include allowances
outside of downtown, consistent with
current allowances and state law (HB
1998).
Policy added to highlight extensive
public feedback related to allowances
for tiny houses.
Policy combines concepts from existing
policies H 1.22 and H 1.23 into a single
policy on the need for supportive
housing throughout the city.
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people experiencing addiction, aging populations, veterans, domestic
violence survivors, and LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults throughout the
city.
Policy: H-2.10, Cultural and Multigenerational Housing
Support the development of culturally sensitive community housing,
multigenerational housing, gathering spaces, and programming for Black
and Indigenous communities and other Communities of Color, immigrants,
refugees, and vulnerable populations, with the intent of expanding
opportunities for affordable housing, homeownership, and cultural
connection.
Policy: H-2.11, Resilient Development Practices
Encourage and allow for new proven technologies and best practices that
increase building resiliency throughout the city for all use types, including the
reuse of materials, energy efficiency, less environmentally costly materials,
local building materials and supplies, and new methods for thermal
insulation and structural features.
Policy: H-2.12, Preservation, Rehabilitation, Reuse, and Conversion
Encourage preservation when possible, connecting property owners to local,
state, and federal funding sources for the rehabilitation, reuse, or conversion
of structures to provide additional housing units throughout the city.
Goal: H-3, Housing Accessibility
Ensure housing is accessible to all residents throughout the city, prioritizing
universal design, adaptability, and inclusion to support independent and
supportive living options and ensuring residents of all ages, abilities, and incomes
can thrive in their communities over time.
Policy: H-3.1, Aging in Place
Encourage and support accessible design and housing strategies, such as
universal design and single-level housing, that provide the growing aging
population opportunities to remain within their neighborhoods as their
needs change, minimizing displacement.
Policy: H-3.2, Accessible Housing for All Incomes
Foster the preservation, retrofit, and development of accessible, visitable,
safe, and affordable housing through regulations, incentives, and programs
that support residents of all abilities and incomes.
Review notes
Policy added to highlight extensive
public feedback related to the need for
culturally sensitive housing and
expanded multigeneration housing
options.
New Climate Resilience and
Sustainability Board (CRSB) Policy. This
policy was originally slated for Natural
Environment, but was determined to be
a housing policy.
Policy expanded to include the concepts
of rehabilitation, reuse, and conversion,
which were themes in both climate and
housing public engagement.
New goal focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on accessibility,
regardless of age, based on community
feedback.
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Policy: H-3.3, Geographic Distribution of Accessible Housing
Promote inclusive housing design for both group and independent living for
residents with intellectual, developmental, physical, or other needs in all
areas of the city.
Goal: H-4, Affordable Housing
Advance an equitable and inclusive housing system that ensures access to
affordable housing and homeownership across the city, promotes housing
stability, and reduces historical inequities in housing access and opportunity.
Policy: H-4.1, Affordability Requirements
Explore options for affordable housing within new developments, prioritizing
incentives that offset the cost of such units, while also considering mandatory
set-asides or other tools. Examine considerations such as project scale,
location, units removed, and displacement risk when exploring thresholds
for incentives or requirements.
Policy: H-4.2, Lower-Income Housing Supply
Collaborate with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to develop and
maintain lower-income or subsidized housing, including supporting
households that may not be able to compete in the market for housing nor
qualify for housing assistance, as well as supporting the retention of
affordable housing units at risk due to sale, demolition, or expiration of
incentives.
Policy: H-4.3, Affordable Housing Funding Sources
Identify and pursue state and federal funding sources, while also developing
local funding sources, to aid in the development and retention of affordable
housing.
Policy: H-4.4, Siting of Subsidized Lower-Income Housing
Set clear site criteria for publicly subsidized housing to ensure distribution
throughout the community, allowing access to areas of historic exclusion,
and minimizing geographic concentrations of publicly subsidized housing in
neighborhoods with a high percentage of minority or lower-income
households.
Policy: H-4.5, Partnerships to Reduce Financial Barriers
Partner with public and private lending institutions to find solutions that
increase opportunities and reduce financial barriers for builders and
residents of affordable and lower-income rental and owner-occupied
housing.
Review notes
New policy focused on the distribution
of different types of accessible housing.
New goal focused on the creation and
retention of affordable housing
throughout the city.
Policy was broadened to explore
different ways to expand affordable
housing development, prioritizing
incentives over requirements.
Policy expanded to include maintenance
and retention of affordable housing.
Policy expanded to include a focus on
areas of historic exclusion, encouraging
a geographic distribution of lower-
income housing throughout the entire
city.
Policy expanded to include residents.
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Policy: H-4.6, City Owned Property
Partner with local housing providers, developers, and other applicable
organizations and agencies to identify City owned property that may be
appropriate for new development that provides housing units, and update
policy and regulations to allow for the transfer or use of those properties.
Policy: H-4.7, Community Ownership Models
Promote community-owned homeownership and equity models, including
community land trusts, cooperative housing, and resident ownership
models.
Policy: H-4.8, Short-Term Rentals
Ensure that short-term rental regulations balance the needs of residents and
visitors of the city against impacts on the cost and supply of long-term
housing.
Policy: H-4.9 Consistent Supportive Housing Options
Collaborate with and support service providers to ensure adequate and
consistent operation of emergency shelters, transitional housing, emergency
housing, permanent supportive housing, and related services throughout the
city.
Policy: H-4.10, Employer-Sponsored Housing
Provide incentives for employers to sponsor or develop affordable housing
in proximity to their place of employment.
Policy: H-4.11, Vacant, Condemned, and Real Estate Owned Buildings
Promote and assist local partners, organizations, and agencies in purchasing
and renovating vacant, condemned, and/or Real Estate Owned properties in
order to provide sites for affordable housing development.
Goal: H-5, Housing Equity and Opportunity
Ensure all residents have equal access to housing and homeownership
opportunities throughout the city, regardless of protected status, cultural
background, or income.
Policy: H-5.1, Inclusive Housing Education
Create and promote educational resources and programs that assist lower-
and moderate-income households in obtaining and maintaining housing
and homeownership, including targeted outreach to historically excluded
communities, language access, and partnerships with local organizations to
provide culturally relevant outreach.
Review notes
New policy focused on the use of City
owned property to advance affordable
housing initiatives.
New policy from the Fair Housing Plan
and Racially Disparate Impacts Analysis
to expand affordable homeownership
models.
New policy to recognize the need to
balance short-term and long-term
housing needs and support future
reevaluation of regulations if they begin
to impact housing supply.
New policy to support community
organizations in their provision of a
range of supportive housing types.
Policy was relocated to Housing from
the Community Health (previously SH-
1.6). The types of organizations were
expanded while the policy focus was
narrowed to housing development.
New goal focused on highlighting the
need for housing equity identified
through the Racially Disparate Impacts
Analysis and public feedback.
Policy expanded to include
homeownership and a focus on equity
in response to the Racially Disparate
Impacts Analysis.
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Policy: H-5.2, Fair Housing
Ensure fair and equitable access to housing for all, including informing
property owners and tenants of fair housing requirements, protections, and
enforcement, identifying historical patterns of segregation and inequality,
and working to undo those impacts by addressing disparities in housing need
and access to opportunities everywhere in Spokane.
Policy: H-5.3, Mix of Incomes
Promote and encourage developments serving a mix of incomes throughout
the city, expanding socioeconomic integration by ensuring a variety of
housing types and costs in all neighborhoods, allowing the community to live
where they desire, and avoiding regulations that concentrate housing
affordability in isolated areas.
Policy: H-5.4, Remove Barriers to Rental Housing
Encourage and support property owners and property managers in reducing
barriers to tenant access to rental housing, including the rental application
processes.
Goal: H-6, Housing Quality and Safety
Improve the overall quality and long-term viability of housing within the City of
Spokane, ensuring residents have access to safe and stable housing that meets
the needs of all incomes and abilities throughout the city.
Policy: H-6.1, Housing Rehabilitation and Preservation
Provide financial and educational assistance to property owners to help
facilitate housing rehabilitation, health hazard remediation, and ongoing
maintenance that supports the preservation and safety of housing within the
city, prioritizing lower-income households.
Policy: H-6.2, Property Responsibility and Maintenance
Assist in and promote improved and increased public and private property
maintenance and responsibility throughout the city, including financial
assistance and programs such as façade improvements.
Policy: H-6.3, Energy Efficiency Assistance
Partner with energy providers, other regional partners, and state regulators
to offer incentives or rebates for property owners who make energy-efficient
improvements, such as heating, ventilating, air conditioning and
refrigerating installations, operations, and maintenance, on the condition
that cost savings are shared with tenants.
Review notes
Policy expanded to include the current
requirements for Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing.
This policy combines existing policies H
1.7 and H 1.9 due to the overlapping
intent of encouraging mixed-income
developments and socioeconomic
integration.
New policy for reducing barriers to
accessing/applying for rental housing,
which was a common theme in previous
housing engagement for Building
Opportunity for Housing.
Policy expanded to include potential
avenues to implement the policy.
New Climate Resilience and
Sustainability Board (CRSB)
recommended policy.
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Policy: H-6.4, Rental Registry
Monitor the City’s Rental Registry to ensure that rental housing meets life and
fire safety standards and provides safe housing for tenants.
Policy: H-6.5, Land Acquisition and Home Relocation Program
Consider and analyze a program for the purchasing and/or relocation of
homes in the 100-year floodplain, establishing those areas long-term for
natural area conservation and potential wildlife movement corridors.
Goal: H-7, Displacement
Mitigate displacement risk and the impact of City actions, working to keep
households in their homes whenever possible while also meeting the needs of
future residents and overall growth.
Policy: H-7.1, Tenant Displacement
Explore and establish residential anti-displacement strategies for tenants,
including rental assistance and rent stabilization, advanced notice of
demolition or rehabilitation, relocation assistance, and ‘right to return’
policies.
Policy: H-7.2, Financial Relief
Identify, connect residents to, and encourage the creation of more local,
state, and federal financial assistance programs to prevent low-income and
fixed income rental and owner-occupied households from being displaced
from their homes, including but not limited to property tax and utility billing
relief programs and rental assistance.
Policy: H-7.3, Climate Displacement Risk
Allocate resources to help all community members, including low-income
residents, remain in their homes during extreme climate events, including
extreme heat and wildfire smoke, through infrastructure and services such
as the installation of cooling devices or high-quality portable air cleaners,
utility bill assistance, or community and Tribal partner collaborations and
educational opportunities.
Policy: H-7.4, Displacement Monitoring
Regularly monitor displacement risk over time, assessing the effectiveness of
the City’s anti-displacement strategies in mitigating residential displacement
and updating those strategies as needed to respond to changing situations.
POLICIES REMOVED FROM THE TEXT:
The following policies in blue have been removed from the text, largely due
to redundancy, unclear goals/success, and similar factors.
Review notes
New policy relating to the existing rental
registry, encouraging its continued use.
This policy was moved to Housing from
the Natural Environments Chapter
(previously NE 19.3).
New goal focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
Climate Resilience and Sustainability
Board (CRSB) recommended policy.
New policy focused on housing
accessibility based on community
feedback.
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Policy: H-1.11, Access to Transportation
Encourage housing that provides easy access to public transit and other
efficient modes of transportation.
Policy: H-2.4, Linking Housing With Other Uses
Ensure that plans provide increased physical connection between housing,
employment, transportation, recreation, daily-needs services, and
educational uses.
Review notes
This policy was refined and moved to
the Growth Strategy Chapter as GS-3.2
The concepts in this policy are fully
incorporated into the Growth Strategy
Chapter.