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Net new housing permitted in Seattle
Permits add and remove dwelling units. The net is the number the city and press care about most — how many homes Seattle is actually approving.
+2,991
Net units
3,749
Units added
758
Units removed
1,009
Permits adding homes
Across all permits on record, Seattle has permitted a net +2,991 dwelling units (3,749 added, 758 removed).
Net new units by year
2025
+1,303 · +1,502 / −199
2026
+1,688 · +2,247 / −559
Bucketed by issue date (falling back to application date). Sub-labels show units added vs. removed.
Neighborhoods adding the most homes
West Seattle
+465 · 561 added
Maple Leaf
+426 · 477 added
Queen Anne
+216 · 258 added
University District
+196 · 198 added
Fremont
+147 · 173 added
Ballard
+134 · 159 added
Phinney Ridge
+133 · 160 added
Other Seattle
+122 · 149 added
Broadview
+96 · 118 added
Beacon Hill
+91 · 96 added
Green Lake
+81 · 105 added
Greenwood
+73 · 94 added
Raw numbers available as JSON at /api/housing.