A Dishonest Moratorium On Providing More Housing
A number of local neighborhood groups have banded together to push their agenda of preventing more housing. They are using the misleading name, Coalition...
The Urbanist Case for $15/Hour
Over the past year, there has been a growing faction in Seattle that believes the minimum wage should be higher -- much higher. The...
Compromising Won’t Help Get to $15 Now
It’s the dog days of a Seattle winter, and tempers are growing short. The initial enthusiasm for a $15 an hour minimum wage remains...
A Call To Action For The Washington Housing Trust Fund
This is a guest post provided by Erika Malone from Homestead Community Land Trust, an organization working to provide permanently affordable home ownership in...
Seattle Neighourhoods: Not Just for Single-Family Homes
Look around a residential neighbourhood in a typical American city, and you will see an ocean of single-family detached homes. There is a myth...
Why Tech Workers Should Care About Housing Issues
Technology industry workers are not apathetic. The industry is known for its passionate defense of civil liberties, the unprecedented scope of the philanthropy of...
5 Cities And Their Housing Cost Solutions
Next City's article "Five Extreme Models to Combat High Rent" is an interesting read simply because it lays out solutions to housing price problems that have actually...
Your Housing Is More Expensive If You Have To Own A Car. Here’s How...
One of the biggest pleasures I get out of living in a city is that I don't have to own a car. Cars can...