Reject the SHA Rent Hikes
Since 2011, Republicans in the U.S. House have forced through significant cuts to federal spending with the goal of undermining public services. No program...
Seattle’s Homeless Population Grew Between 2012 and 2013
(There's a lot of data in the 2013 HUD report on homelessness. This is part 2 of The Urbanist's series to better understand this data....
Developer Fail: More Parking Than Apartment Units Isn’t TOD
When Link opened in 2009, it was expected to be a catalyst for transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Rainier Valley: MLK Way is littered...
Seattle/King County: 3rd Largest Homeless Population In 2013 HUD Report
(There’s a lot of data in the 2013 HUD report on homelessness. This is part 1 of The Urbanist’s series to better understand this data....
Measuring Housing Need Compared to Job Growth
Trulia's blog provides another important contribution about housing costs. The most recent post includes the graph above. This graph reinforces the evidence that the price...
Incentive Zoning Program Review
In order to examine the Incentive Zoning (IZ) Program, the city hired analysts to model some different outcomes based on various assumptions. The analysts...
Workforce Housing Recommendations
Seattle's council has spent a lot of the last year trying to figure out how to address housing costs. Continuing this conversation, four council members...
Micro-Housing Working Group Update
Last week was the first meeting for the micro-housing working group. Council Member Mike O'Brien announced the working group during a prior Planning, Land Use...