RCW 36.70B.080 (current law) states that government has up to 65 days to issue a final decision on a construction permit that requires local permission, It has a 100 days to issue a final decision for a permit that requires public notice and 170 to issue a final determination for a permit that requires a public hearing. 

 

Studies show that longer permitting processes increase housing costs for developers which is added to the price that people will pay. I will support and push to reduce local permission from 65 days to 30 days.  Public notice from 100 days to 65 days, and public hearing from 170 days to 100 days. Reducing the permitting time will decrease construction costs and time required to build housing.

 

According to the Building Industry Association of Washington, and the nonpartisan Washington State Policy Center, Government Regulations from the state level are up to almost 30 percent of the cost to build a home. These Organizations have also highlighted regulations that were imposed to protect the environment but failed to do so. We can cut FAILED regulations in order to reduce the cost of construction, and the workload required to approve permits to reduce the workload for faster permitting, and even more cost effective construction as a result.