City Council Passes Central Area Rezones
On Monday, the Seattle City Council had a full agenda of rezones cross the dais. These included three separate district rezones in the Central...
Housing Notes: Social Housing Leads, Coalition Urges Bolder One Seattle Plan, Affordable U District...
In this installment of Housing Notes, we focus on Seattle where there's a bevy of housing news to report on, and then make a...
New Designs Expand Possibilities for Tiny Houses as Emergency Shelter
As the homelessness crisis deepens its impact across the U.S., Washington State designers are improving tiny house designs with the goal of bringing more...
Seattle Public Utilities Is Exacting Impermissible Capital Improvement Fees
Project requirements suggest a pattern of double charging, which nearly sunk a 160-unit affordable housing project in Beacon Hill.
Navigating the Seattle permitting system is...
Upcoming Event: HALA Work Plan Launch
Tomorrow evening, starting at 5pm, there is a meeting to officially launch the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) work plan for 2016. Mayor Ed...
Seattle’s Slow Progress on Homelessness
Seattle is now more than a year into a city-declared state of emergency around the issue of homelessness. On November 2, 2015, the office...
A Year After New Microhousing Rules Went Into Effect, Neither Side Should Be Happy...
When the Seattle City Council passed new rules on microhousing in 2014, opponents had hoped to put an end to the small apartments, while...
Tacoma Could Get State’s First Cross-Laminated Timber Tower
Tacoma Untapped broke the news that Horizon Partners NW has proposed a 14-story tower in Tacoma's Brewery District that incorporates cross-laminated timber (CLT). If...