西雅图社会住房开发商约6800万美元收购Youngstown Flats：近200户公寓转为永久可负担住房
位于华盛顿州金县的西雅图市本周出现一宗保住现有住户的住房收购：公共机构「西雅图社会住房开发商」（Seattle Social Housing Developer，SSHD）10月28日宣布，其董事会已批准收购西西雅图的 Youngstown Flats 公寓，价格约6,800万美元，预计12月中旬完成交割。这是该机构成立以来的第二宗收购。
Youngstown Flats 建于2013年，为六层建筑、近200户，平均户型超过800平方英尺，其中近50户为两居室，另有10户无障碍单位。原业主此前让一项以减税换取租金优惠的 MFTE 可负担计划在该楼失效，约30名住户面临被市场租金挤走的风险；SSHD 表示，新业主将以社会住房模式为他们提供永久性的可负担安排。
SSHD 计划为现住户提供多项保障：现有租约租金冻结两年至2028年12月、取消各类杂费、在入主第一年内逐步取消 RUBS 水电分摊收费，并为全体住户提供一年免费的 ORCA 交通卡。临时首席执行官 Tiffani McCoy 表示，在城市不同区域提供永久可负担的家庭型住房正是该机构的使命；代表西西雅图的第一区市议员 Rob Saka 对收购表示欢迎。此宗收购完成后，SSHD 持有单位总数将接近350户，超过其2026年目标，并预计在2027年底前持有超过1,000户住房。
Seattle Social Housing Developer to Buy Youngstown Flats for About $68 Million in West Seattle
The Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD), a public agency, announced on October 28 that its board has approved the purchase of Youngstown Flats, a six-story apartment building with nearly 200 homes in West Seattle, for about $68 million. The deal, SSHD's second acquisition, is expected to close in mid-December.
Built in 2013, Youngstown Flats offers large floor plans averaging more than 800 square feet, nearly 50 two-bedroom homes and 10 ADA-compliant units. The previous owner recently let the building's MFTE affordability program lapse, putting about 30 residents at risk of displacement; under SSHD's social housing model, they will be offered permanent affordability protections instead.
SSHD plans to freeze rents on existing leases for two years through December 2028, eliminate junk fees, phase out Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS) charges during its first year of ownership, and provide every resident a free one-year ORCA transit pass. 'Providing permanently affordable, family-sized housing in different parts of Seattle is what we're all about,' said interim CEO Tiffani McCoy. With Youngstown Flats, SSHD will own almost 350 homes, and it expects to surpass 1,000 homes by the end of 2027.
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图片来源：从西雅图西部望向市中心天际线。Ron Clausen 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Seattle skyline seen from West Seattle. Photo by Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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