Housing

To Incentivize Investment, Shoreline Expands Property Tax Exemption To Station Areas

Shoreline is expanding the city's multi-family tax exemption (MFTE) program to guarantee rent- and income-restricted units and incentivize multi-family development. The program expansion will...
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.

Evergreen Impact Housing Fund Contributes to Nearly 750 Affordable Homes

Financing affordable housing is not an easy endeavor, and many projects end up with funding gaps that impede them from moving forward. ...

Seattle Black Faith Leaders Urge Mayor Durkan Not to Sign Amended Density Bonus Bill

Update: Council Bill 120081 was signed into law on by Mayor Durkan on July 9, 2021. Critics are still hoping that the amended law...

Does The Housing Market Work? The Answer Is Obvious But The Question Is Misleading

  It has become a common refrain among anyone paying attention to housing costs that the market simply doesn't work. Many legitimate and important concerns...

Will These Four Housing Bills Pass the Washington State Legislature This Year?

Four land use bills affecting housing are at a critical juncture in the 2019 session of the Washington State Legislature. Both houses have passed...
A "Missing Large Housing" graphic shows a range of midrise and highrise housing options between six-story "five over one" and pencil skyscrapers, including social housing and shared ownership options like baugruppe. "The middle class lives here in industrialized societies," a label notes.

Missing Large Housing and Berkeley’s Push to End Apartment Bans

Historically, Berkeley has been a hotbed of resistance to new housing and an innovator in excluding people of color. In fact, Berkeley was the...
A map of Laurelhurt with a pop out of the Talaris site.

Why We Need an Affordable Talaris

Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered...