Conversation Moves Forward on How To Reduce Displacement in Seattle
With Mandatory Housing Affordability in place in all urban villages, Seattleites are seeking additional answers for how to decrease displacement of low-income residents.
At the...
Homeless Bill of Rights Fizzles Out This Session but Advocates Continue to Lay Groundwork
As the affordability crisis in the Puget Sound region pushes more of our neighbors on the street, law makers and advocates continue to search...
Mayor Durkan Signs into Law Mandatory Housing Affordability Rezoning 27 Urban Villages
The bills' signage marks the end of a long fight by housing advocates to get affordability requirements enshrined in Seattle law.
Before a crowd of...
Open House Kicks Off Station Area Planning for 130th and 145th Street Light Rail
Light rail is coming to North Seattle and in transit-years, 2024 is just around the corner!
The City of Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD)...
How We Got Here: A (Brief) History of Mandatory Housing Affordability in Seattle
Today Seattle City Council is voting on "citywide" implementation of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), a form of inclusionary zoning from which single family zones...
Map of the Week: Restrooms for All
The Seattle City Auditor's report on the Navigation Team, recently presented to the city council's Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee, included...
Let’s Build a Dense, Climate-Resilient EcoDistrict in Seattle’s Interbay
On Tuesday, My Ballard published that the state was looking for input on a nearly 25 acre parcel of land that it owns, adjacent to the...
New Photography Exhibit Shares Stories of Homesteading in Pioneer Square
Home Now is a compelling mix of art and activism that invites viewers to make a human-to-human connection with their unhoused neighbors.
It was time...