Facing Legal Appeals, Seattle Poised to Adopt Stopgap Middle Housing Upzones
An interim ordinance will allow Seattle to meet a state deadline, and decide how to allow four and six units on residential lots around the city. But exactly how to do that will likely be a hotly debated issue on the city council.
Bumping Seattle’s Comp Plan Release to Autumn Pressurizes the Schedule and the Stakes
Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) has announced that release of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan will be delayed until September. The...
Seattle City Council Approves Affordable Housing Plan for Uptown Site and Ped Plan
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council signed off an ordinance that could bring up to 100 more affordable housing units to Uptown. The city council...
Wallingford Must Not Neglect Its Present or Its Future as It Celebrates the Past
An organization called Historic Wallingford is proposing to have a section of my home neighborhood encompassing more than 600 homes designated as an historic...
What Housing Shortage?
Why do Seattle rents continue to rise to higher and higher levels of unaffordability?
A new narrative has taken hold to explain this: the housing...
Legislature Advances Narrower TOD and Missing Middle Bills
The legislative clock ticks closer to its late April conclusion this WALeg Wednesday.
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Important Bills At A Glance
Weekly Focus: Slim, Difficult Housing...
Sunday Video: In Praise of Chicago and Its Beloved L Trains
Chicago has gotten a lot of national attention this year, but not for the reason we'd usually hope. Ray Delahanty of CityNerd, however, made...
To Address the Climate Crisis We Must Incentivize Passive House Buildings
We know two things are true: we need more housing—1.8 million more people are expected to move to the Puget Sound region before 2050—and...