Housing & Homelessness
Talking Race for Planners Toolkit
We created training and educational resources to support local jurisdictions' implementation of recent amendments to the Growth Management Act. The updated requirements seek to identify racially disparate impacts, displacement, and exclusion in housing policies and regulations, begin to undo those impacts, identify areas at higher risk of displacement, and establish anti-displacement policies.
Housing & Homelessness
Redmond Middle Housing & Anti-Displacement Analysis
In 2021, the Washington State Legislature passed HB1220, which amended the Growth Management Act in statute RCW 36.70A.020(4), requiring communities to “encourage affordable housing” and to “plan for and accommodate” housing affordable to all income levels.
Housing & Homelessness
Permanent Supportive Housing Advisory Committee
Uncommon Bridges, formerly BDS Planning & Urban Design, supports the Washington State Department of Commerce in establishing, managing, and convening a statewide Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Advisory Committee pursuant to the legislative requirements established in SHB 1724 (2022).
Housing & Homelessness
Homeless Service Provider Stipends and Trauma & Workforce Studies
Between 2021 and 2023, BDS Planning completed three efforts for the Washington State Department of Commerce, funded in part by the America Rescue Plan Act, supporting frontline Washington Homeless Service Providers experiencing issues of economic stability, primary and secondary trauma, and other workforce challenges like job retention.
Housing & Homelessness
Homeownership Disparity Study & Workgroup
In a concerted effort to address the critical issue of homeownership disparities in Washington, the Department of Commerce partnered with ECONorthwest and BDS Planning, now Uncommon Bridges, to create a set of recommendations, informed by technical analysis and the input of an expert work group.
Housing & Homelessness
Arlington Drive Youth Campus
BDS Planning, now Uncommon Bridges, in collaboration with Jackie St. Louis and Nissana Nov, designed and facilitated a community engagement process to inform stakeholders on how Arlington Drive can become the most valuable asset possible to youth in need as well as to the broader neighborhood of Eastside Tacoma.
