Op-Ed: Regional Workforce Housing Initiative Can Create Affordable Homes Near Jobs
King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay lays out the case for his $1 billion workforce housing bond proposal, saying workers deserve affordable housing near their jobs.
Ridehailing Fee and Megablock Proceeds Fund Infrastructure Boost in 2020 Budget
The Seattle City Council passed next year's budget Monday and added a flurry of amendments making the Mayor's budget more progressive and heed advocates...
City Reflects on Seattle’s Affordable Housing Progress in 2019
Our city is facing a housing crisis. Before the onset of the pandemic, when the economy was humming and jobs were bountiful, we had...
The Urbanist Podcast: Seattle Turns in a Terrible Scorecard on Golf Lands
Hello listeners! In this episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I talk about golf: a sport that continues to leave a large footprint on American...
What the 2018 Population Estimate Tells Us About Flattening Rents in Seattle
Seattle rents appeared to have flattened beginning late last year. Since then, as subsequent rent surveys strengthened the pattern, the consistent explanation has been the...
Seattle Is Wasting Another Opportunity For Social Housing
One would think, in the midst of a broad and deep housing crisis, that a nearly three-acre parcel in the heart of the city...
Microhousing Is Not A Prison Cell, Look To The Housing Crisis For A Villain
Yesterday The Seattle Times ran a story titled "Seattle’s newest apartments: ‘prison cell’ with no door for toilet." It's easy to channel righteous anger at housing...
Sleepy Bainbridge Island Decides How To Grow Up
Bainbridge Island and its picturesque downtown of Winslow is poised to see significant changes thanks to new state laws, as the Bainbridge council grapples with how to plan housing growth for the coming decades.