Housing

Housing Notes: Woodland Park Camp Removal, Northgate TOD, 45-Story Towers, and Data Dashboard Confessionals

On Thursday, Mayor Bruce Harrell promised the imminent release of housing data dashboard that will show his administration is on course to meet a...

Sound Transit Shares Roosevelt TOD Stakeholder Priorities

Sound Transit held an open house last night in the Roosevelt neighborhood to discuss priorities for transit-oriented development (TOD). The transit agency has three...

Seattle Council Passes $7.2 Billion 2018 Budget

On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a $7.2 billion budget for 2018. The city council heavily modified the mayor's proposed budget before adopting...

Meetup Video: December 2020 with Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon

https://youtu.be/cDm218xvp00 If you missed out on our December meetup, you can rewatch it here. We had Representative Joe Fitzgibbon join as a special guest speaker...

The Urbanist Podcast: Homelessness and Health with “Skid Road Author” Josephine Ensign

In this podcast episode, we discuss homelessness, health, and Seattle's own significant history related to these topics with University of Washington Professor Josephine Ensign,...
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To Address the Climate Crisis We Must Incentivize Passive House Buildings

We know two things are true: we need more housing—1.8 million more people are expected to move to the Puget Sound region before 2050—and...

Renton Seeks to Create a New Urban Neighborhood Around Planned Transit

Renton wants to spur development around the planned Sound Transit bus rapid transit station in South Renton. But considerable hurdles stand in the way of creating a truly multimodal neighborhood in that location.
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Why We Need an Affordable Talaris

Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered...