Housing

MFTE Program Progress Report: First Trimester 2016

The Office of Housing gave their thrice-annual progress report on the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program to the City Council last month. The report analyzed the...

Comment on the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has an initiative to establish policies and goals for housing affordability and livability within the city. The Mayor's initiative is...
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Harrell Considering Easing Micro Housing Restrictions

Despite skyrocketing housing prices across Washington State, the state legislature has failed to pass any bills easing statewide housing restrictions and promoting missing middle...

Walking King County’s Twenty Year Budget Tight Rope

"A Broken System" Limits Funding For General Fund, Transit, Housing, and More... On September 24th, King County Executive Dow Constantine put forth the proposed King...
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New Seattle Legislation Advances Renter Protections Against Economic Eviction

On Monday, the Seattle City Council had a busy -- and consequential -- day of voting on council bills related to renters' rights in...

Wonkabout Washington: The Climate Change/Land Use Nexus and Washington Can’t Wait

How have you been breathing lately? Not well I’m guessing. The last few weeks have seen Seattle, along with cities up and down the...

City Advances Fort Lawton Affordable Housing with Draft Plan

On Monday, the Seattle Office of Housing (OH) release a draft plan for affordable housing development at Fort Lawton. A total of 34 acres...

Sunday Video: America’s Worsening Homelessness Crisis

https://youtu.be/LduaiX0yj6E Bloomberg Quicktake highlights America’s growing homelessness struggles and ways that could lessen it.