Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability Program Is on Course So Far
Last week the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program celebrated two years of being in effect in all multifamily areas of the city. The data...
Op-ed: How to Improve Compassion Seattle’s Charter Amendment
Author’s Note:
I eventually changed my mind and moved from the ambivalent support you see below to firm opposition. Two reasons were paramount:
CA29’s use of...
Leslie Kern’s ‘Feminist City’ Offers Critical Corrective to Patriarchal City-Making
Leslie Kern teaches feminist geography, but she is under no illusion that straightforward solutions can magically cure the imbalance and violence baked into our...
Mount Baker Lowe’s Should Host Affordable Housing, Not an Amazon Warehouse
News that Amazon was planning a large distribution center in Mount Baker caught fire last week, and many people were rightfully outraged. This important...
Biden’s Jobs Plan Is Big, but Not Big Enough to Revolutionize Housing, Rail, and...
President Joe Biden released his much anticipated $2.25 trillion dollar jobs and infrastructure plan today. Republican congressional leaders were quick to brand it as...
Jessyn Farrell Declares for Mayor, Promising Housing Push and Universal Childcare
Jessyn Farrell joined an increasingly crowded Seattle Mayoral race on Thursday, and she came out swinging.
“If you feel really great about how things...
Tenant Advocates Win Seattle Eviction Ban Extension and Press for Broader Reforms
Earlier this month, a 47-group-strong coalition urged Mayor Jenny Durkan to extend Seattle's eviction moratorium through the end of the year. That pressure has...
Missing Large Housing and Berkeley’s Push to End Apartment Bans
Historically, Berkeley has been a hotbed of resistance to new housing and an innovator in excluding people of color. In fact, Berkeley was the...