Mass Timber Social Housing on Public Land FTW
This past spring, the Washington State Legislature passed HB 2382 --a bill that allows public agencies to utilize surplus public land for affordable housing development. The...
Building Community in Southeast Seattle Tour this Saturday
Seattle is changing and growing increasingly unaffordable for working class people. One solution is to build more public and non-profit owner affordable housing to...
Top Urbanist Action: Ask County Council for Housing Not a Stadium Subsidy
It seemed like a done deal. The King County Council was going to fork over about $190M to pay for Safeco Field maintenance intended...
Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series. The first part is here.
When we live in an environment which is dominated by ideas...
Seattle Is Wasting Another Opportunity For Social Housing
One would think, in the midst of a broad and deep housing crisis, that a nearly three-acre parcel in the heart of the city...
Council Lays Out Basic Bike Network, Approves Bikeshare Permit, Paves Way for Columbia City...
The Seattle City Council had an outsized agenda on Monday passing wide-ranging transportation and housing legislation. Banner legislation to set out a timeline for...
Wonkabout Washington: Seattle Has Too Much Parking and Olympia Expands Missing Middle Housing
New study shows Seattle has overabundance of parking
Since the invention of the automobile, Americans have been obsessed with where to park them. Yet, new...
On-Site Affordable Housing Is a Trend in Seattle’s Early MHA Results
The fruits of Seattle's mandatory affordable housing program for new development are beginning to bear, albeit it’s still quite early. Last Tuesday, the Seattle...