Housing

New housing, hotel, and research science developments in Seattle's downtown core will be exempt from the onerous design review process for three years. Only Councilmember Cathy Moore voted against the proposal.

In the Budget Committee yesterday, the Seattle City Council hashed out the spending plan for the JumpStart Seattle payroll tax that passed earlier this...

Despite the fact that LIHI's proposed affordable housing project has been advancing for nearly three years, public opposition has kicked up in recent weeks. The new campaign contends that such a prime Bainbridge Island site isn't appropriate for affordable housing.

https://youtu.be/NVH7JewfgJg The terrible legacy of colonialism and apartheid have left deep marks in South Africa that are still visible today. Vox explores the history of...

A growing chorus is calling on the City of Seattle to build social housing atop some of the 528 acres of public land that...

2017 was a banner year for Seattle. We led the country in construction cranes, in population growth rate, in transit ridership growth, and--much to...

Extensions for permit applications submitted under prior building codes could impact more than 3,000 distinct projects across the city, but the direct target of the legislation is around a dozen high-profile projects downtown that could spring back to life.

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck's newly passed "Roots to Roofs" program is a 35-project pilot that lets nonprofit organizations and the Seattle Social Housing Developer tap into additional development capacity, particularly in areas with a history of past racial covenants.