Social Housing Measure Qualifies To Run on Seattle Ballot Next Year
Yesterday, the House Our Neighbors coalition announced their social-housing-focused Initiative 135 had qualified to run on the ballot in Seattle, which will likely occur...
Why We Need an Affordable Talaris
Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered...
Why Seattle Needs Inclusionary Zoning, Explained By The Bid-Rent Curve
“Barriers to spatial mobility are barriers to social mobility.” - American Apartheid
Every morning Sandy McKay gets in her Volvo hatchback and joins the flow...
Op-Ed: Unclogging Seattle’s Water Permit Gauntlet Would Help Address Housing Crisis
Onerous requirements for new water infrastructure that go further than Washington state law are a part of the problem when it comes to encouraging home building in Seattle.
A Call To Action For The Washington Housing Trust Fund
This is a guest post provided by Erika Malone from Homestead Community Land Trust, an organization working to provide permanently affordable home ownership in...
Talton’s Westlake Starbucks Nostalgia is Misplaced, Take it from a Barista
Recently The Seattle Times published a eulogy for the shuttered Starbucks at Westlake Park by columnist Jon Talton. In the piece, Talton explains how...
What to Know About Washington State’s Competing Missing Middle Housing Bills
Housing policy is front and center in the Washington State House this short session, as highlighted by a recent public hearing in which differing...
The Urbanist Endorses Seattle Prop 1A to Fund Social Housing
In February, Seattleites should vote yes on Proposition 1A to launch the Seattle Social Housing Developer with progressive revenue. The Urbanist Elections Committee lays out why.