Capitol Hill Community Plan

What's in the city's plan?

Increase deeply affordable housing and renter assistance programs.
Housing density: Development of more ADUs, “missing middle” – triplexes, fourplexes , townhomes and cottages, etc.
Preserve Capitol Hill’s historic identity.
Improve walking, biking and transit.
Protect open space and hillsides.
Improve neighborhood commercial areas.

Replacement of historic single-family homes with more intense/dense development – ADUs, townhomes, duplexes-fourplexes.
Erosion of the neighborhood’s historic identity with new architecture that is incompatible.
Will new development actually produce affordable housing or create luxury condos and expensive townhomes.
Nearby hillsides will become targets for development, loss of trail system and impacts to wildlife.
Potential placement of shelters and other behavioral health facilities and their impact on public safety.
Is the plan driven by citywide housing and growth polices versus Capitol Hill’s specific needs.