Initiative 135 is on the ballot for Seattle’s Feb. 14 special election.
Social housing, in the vision of the I-135 campaign, is affordable housing that serves a broad range of incomes within each apartment complex, from homelessness to people earning 120% of the area median income (currently about $144,000 for a family of four) and remains in public hands in perpetuity.
It is that range of tenant incomes that differentiates social housing from existing subsidized affordable housing. Whether because of the stipulations of government funding sources or because of a nonprofit’s mission, subsidized housing in Seattle is typically built for people earning less than 80% of the area median income,
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