$2.75 Flat Fare Proposal Would Raise Off-Peak Bus Fare
King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled a proposal to adopt a flat $2.75 fare across its King County Metro Transit network. For folks previously taking...
Criminal History Is None of a Landlord’s Business: Soon in Seattle
In March of 2016, having recently been let go from the Cleveland Browns due in part to truancy and public drug use, Johnny Manziel...
Housing Policy Lessons From Vienna: Part I
Is Stadt Wien the model for US urban housing policy?
Part I: Paying for housing
This is a two-part series on housing policy in Vienna and...
Pike Place Market Expands With MarketFront, Tour On Saturday
The evolution of Pike Place Market continues with a physical expansion of the market. In late June, the market heralded the opening of its...
Part One: So You Think You’re An Urbanist?
Readings To Challenge Your Urbanism
“Without theory we can scarcely claim to know our own identity.” – David Harvey
So you think you’re an urbanist, right?...
Dissecting MFTE: 855 New Units Added In 2016 But Rent Limit Jumped 7%
The Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program has approved 7,518 affordable units, as of the end of 2016. 855 affordable units were officially added to...
City Council Passes Income Tax And Yesler Terrace Housing Amendments
Seattle is on its way to getting its own income tax. Yesterday, an ordinance to institute a tax on high-income earners passed out of...
Seattle City Council Adopts Voter Registration Law, Updated Pedestrian Master Plan, And Extends Pilot...
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council approved new requirements for landlords to provide voter registration information to tenants, extension of a low-income transit pass pilot...