Transit Oriented Development of Affordable Housing - Match Program
Agency
Commerce, Department of
Title of action
Transit Oriented Development of Affordable Housing - Match Program
Date significant agency action was initiated
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Category
New grant or loan program
Brief description of significant agency actions for which the agency is initiating an environmental justice assessment.
Grant program to provide funding for housing projects with a minimum affordable component. Project eligibility is heavily prescribed in terms of size (minimum 100 units) and location (maximum distances from "rapid transit corridors"). The location element effectively restricts potential project sites to a very limited number of locations - almost exclusively in the Seattle-to-Tacoma region.
The form of assistance to be provided is also dictated. Projects must include private funding - though no match level (e.g. 1:1, 1:4) is specified.
Methods for providing public comment for agency consideration as part of the environmental justice assessment.
Notification of SAA, with a draft implementation plan, was provided via GovDelivery. A specific email address has been established for stakeholder comment; this email address was provided in the GovDelivery message. A brief survey covering major points of the draft plan was created; a link to this was also included in the GovDelivery message.
A public webinar describing the draft plan and providing an opportunity for public comment to be recorded has been scheduled for 10/23; this was announced via the GovDelivery message and posted to the Commerce website.
Moving forward, Commerce will act through its Outreach unit to engage potentially affected communities directly.
Link to agency webpage where the action is posted.
