On April 23, The Urbanist and Seattle YIMBY are hosting a panel on the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan with housing experts from the fields of advocacy, architecture, and long range planning. The event will be held at El Centro de la Raza in Beacon Hill and run from 6pm to 8pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions, both in advance and in person.
Our panelists are housing leaders in the private, non-profit, and public sectors:
- Patrick Cobb, architect and a founding partner of Stack, a firm specializing in urban infill development.
- Jesse Simpson, Director of Government Relations and Policy at the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County.
- Naishin Fu, Co-Executive Director at House Our Neighbors, a nonprofit focused on expanding social housing.
- Michael Hubner, Long Range Planning Manager at the Seattle Office of Planning Community and Development (OPCD).
Bringing a wide range of expertise, panelists are ready to answer your questions about why Seattle has struggled to build enough housing, current and future obstacles, and the future of Seattle’s housing and land use. The panel will be moderated by our own Doug Trumm, who is publisher of The Urbanist.
We hope to see you there. Seating is limited, so we encourage you to RSVP sooner rather than later.
If you are interested in attending but have no questions for our panelists come to mind, peruse The Urbanist’s latest reporting on the Comprehensive Plan, House Our Neighbor’s recent social housing funding measure victory, or the controversial decision to rezone SoDo’s stadium district despite Port of Seattle opposition.
You can find the other events The Urbanist is hosting this month here. Details for the panel below.
Future of Seattle Housing Panel
- What: A panel co-hosted by The Urbanist and Seattle YIMBY focused onhe future of housing in Seattle.
- Where: El Centro de la Raza, 1610 S Roberto Maestas Festival St
- When: 6pm – 8pm, Wednesday, April 23rd
- Transit Stops: Sound Transit’s 1 Line (Beacon Hill Station), Route 36, 60, (not an exhaustive list)
- RSVP: RSVP here.
- Submit your questions: Question form.
Diego Batres
Diego is the Director of Development and Events of The Urbanist. He believes in making Seattle and the Puget Sound region a model example of good urban living for the rest of the country by expanding transit, ending our housing crisis, pedestrianizing our neighborhoods. He graduated from Seattle University in 2023, and currently lives in Seattle’s Central District.