Doug Trumm

Doug Trumm
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Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
The three story brick labor temple with teal accents. A Belltown skyscraper is in the background.
Among the victims of 2020 is the Seattle Labor Temple, which the association of unions that manages the building put up for sale last...
Advocates hold red signs backing rent control and housing the homeless.
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...
Bruce Harrell sits at a desk signing some orders at City Hall with a dozen supporters looking on.
Former City Councilmember Bruce Harrell announced his bid for Mayor of Seattle today. While light on policy specifics, the themes Harrell stressed included decreasing...
Downtown Seattle skyscrapers seen from a ferry in Elliott Bay
Thank you to everyone who chipped in during our Spring Subscriber Drive. Through your generosity we were able to have our largest fundraising drive...
A "Missing Large Housing" graphic shows a range of midrise and highrise housing options between six-story "five over one" and pencil skyscrapers, including social housing and shared ownership options like baugruppe. "The middle class lives here in industrialized societies," a label notes.
Historically, Berkeley has been a hotbed of resistance to new housing and an innovator in excluding people of color. In fact, Berkeley was the...
It's starting to feel like spring in a lot of ways. The days are getting longer and Covid vaccines are being administered at record...
At month's end, the eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire, which would put thousands of tenants at risk. A broad coalition spearheaded by the...
Mayor Durkan with Ferris wheel and Seattle waterfront in background
“My constituents are mad. All of Seattle is mad, and to be honest, I’m mad too," Councilmember Tammy Morales said in a statement Friday....