Georgetown Community Development Authority Seeks Input on Plans for 150 Affordable Homes
As one of the few places in Seattle where industry rubs elbows with homes and small businesses, Georgetown is one of city's most distinctive...
Housing Benefit Districts Could Create Millions of Affordable Homes
One of the best bills this session has been quietly working its way through the legislature, and it’s time to pay attention as it...
Housing Notes: Africatown Plaza Breaks Ground, Built-to-Rent Single-Family Home Boom, and Living Office Building
This installment of housing notes contains mix of high and low notes, but we'll kick things off with story that hits the upper octaves....
Housing Notes: Capitol Hill Safeway Mixed-Use Design Review, TOD in Lynnwood and Northgate
First a quick factoid to kick off this installment of housing notes. U.S. Census data shows that housing construction is on the rise across...
Call to Action: Speak Up For Housing Benefit Districts
On a day-to-day basis, we are confronted with a million different challenges: maybe you dropped your coffee on the carpet, maybe you just cannot...
Governor Inslee Backs Fourplex Zoning and $815 Million Push to Reduce Homelessness
Today, Governor Jay Inslee rolled out another big initiative, this one focused on housing and homelessness services. King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle Mayor-Elect...
The Secret to Seattle’s Success is Social Infrastructure, not Low Taxes
The Jumpstart Seattle tax was a take-off-the-mask moment for Seattle that is still reverberating through Seattle politics.
Some would have us believe low taxes...
New Seattle Legislation Advances Renter Protections Against Economic Eviction
On Monday, the Seattle City Council had a busy -- and consequential -- day of voting on council bills related to renters' rights in...