DRA Drops Appeal Against MHA Program For Affordable Housing
The Downtown Residents Alliance (DRA) is dropping its appeal of Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability program, which will pave the way for rezones in Downtown...
Let’s Talk Inclusionary Zoning: An Interview With Rachel Meltzer
Below is an interview transcript with Rachel Meltzer. This transcript is part of a series of interviews that are meant to shed light on...
Sound Transit Green Lights Capitol Hill Station TOD
Capitol Hill, a neighborhood awash with transit-oriented development, is poised to get a lot more right where it is needed. At a meeting last week,...
A Housing Solution Detached From Reality
In his Sunday Seattle Times column, Brier Dudley argued detached single family homes were the key to solving Seattle's housing affordability crisis. His solution...
Shoreline’s 145th Street Station Is Moving North
On Thursday, the Shoreline Planning Commission held a hearing to take public comment and vote on several resolutions related to the 145th Street Station...
Council To Adopt Mandatory Housing Affordability Residential Program
The Seattle City Council is poised to pass a landmark housing and land use policy today that will complete a two-pronged framework centered on delivering...
City Council Rundown: Lake City Rezone, Renters Protected, Alley Vacated, And The Theodora Preserved
It was a packed agenda for the Seattle City Council yesterday with a range of land use and housing topics passing across the dais....
Why I’m An Urbanist
When I was four years old, I wrote a letter to Mother Nature. Signed, sealed, and delivered to the boulder in our suburban front...