The program helped fund, for example, El Centro de la Raza’s new Columbia City development, which will have 87 units of affordable housing, a ground-floor bilingual child care center and preschool as well as a church. Chief Seattle Club received money for its ?ál?al (pronounced “allall”) housing project in Pioneer Square for very low-income residents so that it could also include a health clinic run by the Seattle Indian Health Board.
Councilmember Tammy Morales wants to build on the Equitable Development Initiative with her Connected Communities pilot legislation.
The Equitable Development Initiative is a funding program. Connected Communities would provide development incentives. If passed, the legislation would loosen zoning rules
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