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Renters

Seattle Renters Are Getting A Commission

Renters in Seattle are poised to get more political representation in the city. Tenants--the fastest growing demographic in the city making up 54% of all...

Danny Westneat Strikes Again: Misleading Property Tax Analysis Edition

Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat--whom you may remember for leaking a draft of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee report in 2014 and...

Make Your Voice Heard On HALA Consider.It

Do you want to see something sad? According to a slide prepared for a meeting of largely anti-HALA (Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda) people,...

Join Us In Creating A Welcoming Wallingford

Welcoming Wallingford is a new group seeking to engage in the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) dialogue in the Wallingford neighborhood. This is...

Ban McMansions, Legalize Rowhouses

Two years ago the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Advisory Committee tried to put forward the idea of changing Seattle’s rigid single-family residential...

Move-In Fees Cap Goes Into Effect This Month

The Seattle City Council adopted new tenant rights in December. The meat of the new tenant rights was a cap on move-in fees, which would also require most landlords...

Community Ownership Event Energizes Housing Advocates

Right before snow coated the Emerald City's streets on Thursday, more than a hundred housing advocates gathered at the Central Library to hear a panel...

Microhousing Is Not A Prison Cell, Look To The Housing Crisis For A Villain

Yesterday The Seattle Times ran a story titled "Seattle’s newest apartments: ‘prison cell’ with no door for toilet." It's easy to channel righteous anger at housing...