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Washington Governor has a packet of anti-car, pro-housing legislation on his desk. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by pc486@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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There's plenty of bad news out there, so here's some good news.

I was looking through recent legislation and noticed that Washington's legislators have passed several bills that are anti-car and pro-housing! These bills target removing minimum parking and building housing that doesn't force suburban sprawl.

SB 5184 - Concerning minimum parking requirements.

HB 1491 - Promoting transit-oriented housing development.

SB 5471 - Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.

HB 1096 - Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

Here's some news articles about them if reading legislation isn't your jam:

WA legislature passes nation-leading parking reform bill

Washington Legislature Sets it Sights on Transit-Oriented Development…Again

Sen. Goehner gains bipartisan support for ‘middle-housing’ proposal to boost new construction and improve affordability

Housing bills to watch as the Washington legislative session enters its final weeks

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[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Conflicted on the lot splitting. It was cool that 4 unattached houses could fit into the footprint of one victorian, but... Nobody has a yard.

Whatever, it's needed.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What's the point of having your house be unattached if you're not going to have a green space? Even a shared one.

[-] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

They can have a community garden instead

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't say that those bills are anti-car, or anti- at all, since they authorize and promote new things instead of banning anything. I'd say that they're "pro-people".

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