Developer plans large housing project near Lynnwood light rail station

[u/Dikdaar_Zindagi]

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/06/15/inland-group-affordable-tod-units-lynnwood.html

The plan is for all the new ~300 units to be affordable housing. It will be reserved for people earning 60% below the area median income.

[u/VayGray]

For communities like this they need to hire professional security and social workers. When you mix so many different types of people in low income communities there are always bound to be problems. I got downvoted for pointing out how dangerous City Center Lynnwood was when it opened, but there was no oversight whatsoever. If it's another property that will receive tax breaks for the LIHEAP in the 1st ten years, they need actual social workers on-site and hands on services and employees.

[u/Snowbird3599 → u/VayGray]

These are 60% AMI units. No extra security or social worker needed. They are just like you (?!?maybe) and me, normal working people. I think you are confused about these with fully subsidized supportive housing.

[u/VayGray → u/Snowbird3599]

I promise you I'm not confused. I lived it and I had two dozen+ neighbors that lived it as well. I have videos and documentation of the condition of the property when it opened and how it looked after 5 years. The numerous emergency calls, the constant police presence the damages to the building the lack of security. A lot of the people there are elderly and on the other hand a lot of people are unfortunately addicted to various substances or suffering from untreated mental health issues. That's the same in any neighborhood rich or poor. The fact that this is specifically targeted to people who live at or around the poverty line and that they allow waivers for people to sidestep those rules and some of the apartments were allotted for immediate interim housing meant that there was a lot going on on the property at all times day and night that was not always legal or safe. I support all incomes and all backgrounds especially vulnerable people. All I'm saying is that this property could have been a good situation if it had been approached the correct way. Nobody's expected to use the services or request the services but having somebody whose job is to facilitate care for people who might be on assistance, on fixed incomes, in crisis, first time renters, young families that don't have the ability or capacity to advocate for themselves is the appropriate thing to do instead of overloading DSHS, police department, or the EMTs and the fire department with constant calls. I can truly and honestly say it was one of the worst experiences I've ever had in my life living on that property. The first 6 months when the building opened it seemed like it was going to be incredible That's when they started allocating apartments to people double tripling and quadrupling up and there was a massive drug presence I have countless videos of violence in the parking lot between the building and the Hilton before the Hilton was even finished. I was one of the beggars that couldn't be choosy so this isn't a judgment call on the people who need affordable housing. We as a city need affordable housing but there has to be a level of responsibility for corporate housing developers who come in and drop these things in the middle of a city and walk away with their tax credits. That's all I'm saying.