Legal Hurdles Cleared, Seattle is Advancing Accessory Dwelling Reform
New regulations to remove financial and regulatory barriers to backyard cottages and stem the tide of McMansions are moving forward in Seattle, possibly completing...
MASS Coalition Kicks Off Its Seattle City Council Debates in District 6
On Tuesday night ten of the twelve confirmed candidates for Seattle's District 6 City Council race attended a two-hour-long debate focused on transportation, housing,...
AIA Seattle’s Density Done Right Forum Imagines a Better Blueprint
How can a city increase its density gracefully? What would such a transformation look and feel like for residents? These questions guided the series of...
Off Limits: How Seattle’s Suburbs Are Blocking Housing
Suburbs surrounding Seattle, some of them literally islands, are pulling up the drawbridges to growth. That is putting even more pressure on Seattle to...
Plan Cities for the Working Class not for Real Estate Tycoons, Sam Stein Urges...
Samuel Stein's new book Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State aims to challenge urban planning orthodoxy. Writing from a socialist perspective with...
Hearing Examiner Squashes Appeal, Clearing Way for More Backyard Cottages
Yesterday Seattle Deputy Hearing Examiner Barbara Dykes Ehrlichman dismissed Queen Anne Community Council's appeal of the City's backyard cottage reform. The same appellant had...
Washington Legislature Opts for Incentives Over Mandates to Promote Housing Density in HB 1923
It's rare these days to hear of a piece of legislation attracting significant bipartisan support in both Washington State's House and Senate. For that...
Affordable Housing Week Kicks Off and The Urbanist hosts Seattle Renters’ Commission at Meetup...
This month as part of Seattle Affordable Housing Week we are featuring members of the Seattle Renters' Commission as our guest speakers. The Seattle...