Social housing advocates stand on the steps of Seattle City Hall with their house mascot.

How Seattle Social Housing Advocates Campaigned to Victory

House Our Neighbors led a campaign that overcame a flood of corporate cash against them. Here's how they did it, and what comes next to grow social housing in Seattle and ignite a broader movement.

What is The Future of Wallingford?

Wallingford 4 All invites you to build a vision of new neighbors at an April 26th meetup. The gardens of Wallingford are blooming! Purple, yellow...
Sherae Lascelles, Robert, Patricia Allen, Serena Oduro, Debora Oliveira-Couch, and more shared the screen during the Community Teach In.

The Defund SPD Community Teach-In and the Layered Resistance to Change

Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now are making a big ask. Their plan to reduce the Seattle Police Department budget is bound to...
A bike whizzes by on Greenwood Avenue with a brick building in the background

Phinney Ridge Apartment Complex Pioneers Unique Communal Model

Delivering 35 new family-sized homes, Shared Roof features a unique financing model catering to a range of incomes, built-in community, and hip cafes spilling into a public courtyard. Is the model replicable? The developer thinks so.

Tasty Transit-Oriented Tidbit Headed To Nesbit Avenue

Tonight at 8pm the Northwest Design Review Board will consider the latest plan for a 74-unit residential building at N 88th St and Nesbit...

Spokane Laps Seattle, Legalizes Missing Middle Housing

"When Spokane leads, the state follows," said Council President Breean Beggs. On Monday night, Spokane City Council adopted a package of interim zoning rules...
Even a few miles from Downtown, single family homes start taking over. Madrona is not an urban village. (Photo by author)

SCALE Thwarted Again in Latest Appeal of MHA Rezones

Last week, the Growth Management Hearings Board issued a ruling denying an appeal of recent zoning changes brought by a coalition of homeowner groups...

The Olympia Waltz Continues for Middle Housing and Other Vital Legislation

WALeg Wednesday on a Thursday follows the bills that got to swap chambers as the music goes on for some and others fail for...