State board strikes down Seattle’s SODO housing plan

The Port of Seattle does not want there to be housing in this industrial neighborhood. Now it may get its way.

SEATTLE — A state board has invalidated Seattle’s plan to build affordable housing near T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field, dealing a major blow to what supporters called a solution to the city’s housing crisis.

The Growth Management Hearings Board ruled Monday that the Seattle City Council violated state environmental laws and growth management regulations when it approved the “Stadium Makers’ District” legislation in March.

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The 6-3 vote in March

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