Spokane’s Permanent Middle Housing Rules Should Set a Statewide Standard
Last week, Spokane finalized its year-long effort to legalize more housing choices across the city. Their new code sets a statewide standard, and it...
State Issues Draft Middle Housing Guidance and Model Codes
The Washington State Department of Commerce has released draft guidance and model codes to implement the state's a new middle housing law. The new...
Sunday Video: Why Are Cities Struggling To Build ‘Middle Housing’?
A lot of North American cities have made big strides to relegalize “middle housing” types. But the number of projects breaking ground in recent...
Seattle City Council Rejects Transportation Impact Fee Push
Homebuilders won a brief reprieve with council opting to delay its impact fee push -- for now.
The Seattle City Council declined to approve a...
Op-Ed: Seattle Council Is Trying to Make Housing More Expensive
Tell your councilmember to vote against the transportation impact fee.
On Tuesday, amidst a deep housing affordability crisis, the outgoing Seattle City Council is setting...
Event on November 2 Celebrates Covenant Homeownership Act
Futurewise is co-hosting an event to celebrate passage of the bill promoting Black homeownership that will feature a talk with the authors of ‘Just...
Sunday Video: Freiburg Is A Lesson In City Building
Freiburg im Breisgau is famous in planning spheres for its high rates of biking, walkable suburbs, and green ways of building. Mike Eliason has...
Sunday Video: CityNerd Visits Seattle and Talks Freeway-Adjacent Rail (Hello, Northgate)
In September, Ray Delahanty of CityNerd made a visit to his hometown, Seattle, to ride Link light rail and share some takeaways from the...