Did Seattle Just Cross The 700,000 Population Mark?
During his State of the City speech, Mayor Murray mentioned that 67 people per day moved to Seattle in 2016. If accurate, that would...
For the First Time Ever, Crowdfunding Will Help Build Affordable Housing in Seattle
Seattle-based Bellwether Housing has announced the launch of its Building Opportunity Fund, the nation's first crowdfunded impact investment that funds the development of affordable...
Seattle Design Review Boards Seek Applicants
Are you passionate about increasing housing affordability in Seattle? Or maybe you want to have a say in how your neighborhood develops? If so,...
Equity Analysis Favors Broader Home in Tacoma Rezone
Note: This article was updated on 1/4/22 to insert the correct map for City Council District 2.
Tacoma’s affordable housing initiative, Home in Tacoma,...
SDCI Delivers Vacant Building Monitoring Report
A year after the city adopted new vacant building maintenance and demolition laws, the city council received a monitoring report and briefing on the...
Leslie Kern’s ‘Feminist City’ Offers Critical Corrective to Patriarchal City-Making
Leslie Kern teaches feminist geography, but she is under no illusion that straightforward solutions can magically cure the imbalance and violence baked into our...
Broaden the Boom: How to Rezone Single-Family Seattle
The early consensus among Seattle mayoral candidates around adding housing options in single-family residential zones excited urbanists and those looking to expand affordable housing...
Spokane Poised to Broadly Allow Missing Middle Housing
For years, West Coast cities have been facing a housing emergency, as chronic under-building of housing met massive demand, spurred by good jobs and the high...