2025 Affordable Housing Strategy

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You're a contributor to the Affordable Housing Strategy!

This is our online engagement hub. Here you can find opportunities to share stories, ideas, and feedback. You can also download documents, presentations, and other key information.

View the Draft 2026-2032 Affordable Housing Strategy

The Affordable Housing Strategy update is in its final phase. We still want to hear from you! Engage online or by attending an upcoming information session*.

You can review the public draft using the links below. Engage by scrolling down to the "Questions," "Comments," and "Stories" tabs below. You can also email housing@bellevuewa.gov.

Register online for an upcoming information session:

  • In-person | Thursday, February 26 | Bellevue City Hall from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Virtual | Monday, March 2 | Zoom from 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Background

The Affordable Housing Strategy is a short-term action plan that identifies and sequences steps the city can take to continue to address the need for affordable housing in the community. The City of Bellevue is updating its existing 2017 Affordable Housing Strategy to implement new policy direction, reflect changing market conditions, and support the development and preservation of additional affordable housing units.

Updating the Affordable Housing Strategy will identify the next set of near- and mid- term actions to help the city achieve the new affordable housing target and meet other affordable housing priorities. Council launched the update to the Affordable Housing Strategy in November 2024. Planning and engagement will occur over the course of a year.

We published the results of what we heard in our engagement processes in the Phase 1 Engagement Report, Phase 2 Engagement Report, and combined Phase 3 and Final Engagement Report.

Learn More

For more information on the project background and focus areas, see Important Links and Documents in the right column.

Want to learn more about the basics of affordable housing? Check out the Affordable Housing 101 explainer videos under the Important Links sidebar.

You're a contributor to the Affordable Housing Strategy!

This is our online engagement hub. Here you can find opportunities to share stories, ideas, and feedback. You can also download documents, presentations, and other key information.

View the Draft 2026-2032 Affordable Housing Strategy

The Affordable Housing Strategy update is in its final phase. We still want to hear from you! Engage online or by attending an upcoming information session*.

You can review the public draft using the links below. Engage by scrolling down to the "Questions," "Comments," and "Stories" tabs below. You can also email housing@bellevuewa.gov.

Register online for an upcoming information session:

  • In-person | Thursday, February 26 | Bellevue City Hall from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Virtual | Monday, March 2 | Zoom from 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Background

The Affordable Housing Strategy is a short-term action plan that identifies and sequences steps the city can take to continue to address the need for affordable housing in the community. The City of Bellevue is updating its existing 2017 Affordable Housing Strategy to implement new policy direction, reflect changing market conditions, and support the development and preservation of additional affordable housing units.

Updating the Affordable Housing Strategy will identify the next set of near- and mid- term actions to help the city achieve the new affordable housing target and meet other affordable housing priorities. Council launched the update to the Affordable Housing Strategy in November 2024. Planning and engagement will occur over the course of a year.

We published the results of what we heard in our engagement processes in the Phase 1 Engagement Report, Phase 2 Engagement Report, and combined Phase 3 and Final Engagement Report.

Learn More

For more information on the project background and focus areas, see Important Links and Documents in the right column.

Want to learn more about the basics of affordable housing? Check out the Affordable Housing 101 explainer videos under the Important Links sidebar.

Draft Affordable Housing Strategy Comments

The draft 2026-2032 Affordable Housing Strategy and draft Affordable Housing Action Plan is available for public review and linked below. If you'd like to leave a comment, use this online "guestbook" or email housing@bellevuewa.gov.

If you have a question and want a response, it can be added under the Questions tab or emailed to housing@bellevuewa.gov.

Draft 2026-2032 Affordable Housing Strategy

Draft Affordable Housing Action Plan

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First, thank you for sharing this with us and for giving us the opportunity to provide our comments and inquiries. My questions and concerns focus on our low-income communities, families with loved ones who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, and our BIPOC population. As we consider housing and the development of new apartment complexes, are we ensuring that these communities are being taken into account? Specifically, are we equipping apartments, waiting areas, and entrances to be ADA-compliant, and are we creating opportunities for these communities to access low-income rental apartments and be fully included in these developments?

Diana Atanacio 5 days ago
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I appreciate the fact that there is expedited permitting for fully affordable housing for Administrative Design Review but noe of the construction permits (GD, BB, BV, UA, UB, UC etc) have expedited permitting. This seems counterintuitive as the construction permits are what allow the construction of the building to begin. I also recommend having someone whose sole role is to be a permit coordinator for affordable housing projects and thus can facilitate reviews and meetings with applicants and all departments. City of Seattle does this and it is very effective.

Mary 5 days ago
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