Washington House Bill 1110: New Version Would Provide Less Missing Middle Housing

Washington House Bill 1110: New Version Would Provide Less Missing Middle Housing

House Bill 1110 would allow for the construction of duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, and sixplexes in the state’s largest metro areas. However, an amendment proposed by Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, would limit the bill’s impact on cities with populations of 75,000 or fewer, allowing only duplexes.

The bill’s earlier versions aimed to be statewide, but unrelenting pressure from local governments led to the latest proposal. The Department of Commerce would oversee any decisions to halt middle housing permits if it meant straining water and sewer systems.

The bill most likely applies to the same 16 large cities as before, including Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Bellevue, and Everett but may potentially build fewer homes than initially anticipated. 

HB 1110 cleared Senate Ways and Means Committee ahead of Monday’s fiscal cutoff. 

The bill’s supporters, including urbanists, Realtors, and builders, believe that its core mission of creating more housing remains unchanged, even if it means fewer homes will be built.

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