Design Review Equity Areas

Design Review Equity Areas are areas of Seattle where applicants for development projects going through the City’s Design Review program are required to work with staff from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) to customize their community outreach plan to the needs of historically underrepresented communities.

Equity Areas are identified based on local demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau. Equity Areas are census tracts having a census-tract average greater than the city-as-a-whole average for at least two of the following characteristics:

1. Limited English proficiency, identified as percentage of households that

are linguistically isolated households.

2. People of Color, identified as percentage of the population that is not non-Hispanic white; and

3. Income, identified as percentage of population with income below 200% of the federal poverty level.

For more information please see Director’s Rule for Early Community Outreach for Design Review. Additional resources and FAQs are available on DON’s Early Community Outreach webpage.

Data Source: US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2016 Five-Year Estimates.

This map will be evaluated and updated every three years.

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notes <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>Design Review Equity Areas are areas of Seattle where</span> <span style='mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>applicants for development projects going through the City’s </span><a href='https://www.seattle.gov/sdci/about-us/who-we-are/design-review'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>Design Review</span></a><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> program are required to work with staff from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) to customize their community outreach plan to the needs of historically underrepresented communities. </span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> </span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>Equity Areas are identified based on local demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau. Equity Areas are census tracts having a census-tract average greater than the city-as-a-whole average for at least two of the following characteristics:</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>1. Limited English proficiency, identified as percentage of households that</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>are linguistically isolated households.</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>2. People of Color, identified as percentage of the population that is not non-Hispanic white; and</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>3. Income, identified as percentage of population with income below 200% of the federal poverty level.</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> </span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>For more information please see </span><a href='http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/codes/dr/DR2018-4.pdf'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>Director’s Rule for Early Community Outreach for Design Review</span></a><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>. Additional resources and </span><a href='https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/outreach-and-engagement/design-review-for-early-outreach/dr_faq_don'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>FAQs</span></a><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> are available on </span><a href='https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/outreach-and-engagement/design-review-for-early-outreach/dr_faq_don'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>DON’s Early Community Outreach webpage</span></a><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>.</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> </span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>Data Source: US Census Bureau’s </span><a href='https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'>American Community Survey</span></a><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> 2016 Five-Year Estimates.</span></p> <p><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'> </span></p> <div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>This map will be evaluated and updated every three years.</span></div><div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii
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