Regional Officials Hit the Brakes on More Suburban Sprawl Near I-90
A meeting of an obscure regional planning body got tense last week as elected officials sparred over the issue of expanding King County's urban growth...
Seattle Council Approves Batch of Harrell’s Downtown Activation Plan Rezones
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's pitch to rezone parts of downtown has succeeded. The mayor had made two particular rezones for highrise housing along Third...
Morales Proposes Zoning Boost for Equitable Development
Under the pilot program, up to 35 qualifying projects could get a density boost for adding affordable homes in historically marginalized communities.
Workforce housing is...
Op-Ed: Impact Fees Are Just Another Exclusionary Housing Policy in Disguise
Seattle is misguidedly preparing to levy impact fees on homebuilders amidst a housing crisis.
Seattle is in a housing crisis, a direct result of decades-long...
Curiosity-Themed 2023 Seattle Design Festival Is Underway
Spread out across Lake Union Park from August 19 to 24, exhibits and activities for all ages connect Seattleites with urban design concepts and...
Anti-Housing Bellevue Council Candidate Calls Homelessness a Crime
Betsi Hummer showed her true conservative colors at a billionaire-hosted fundraiser.
Lest one think that Bellevue has exclusively become the city of Amazon, Facebook, and...
Op-Ed: Excessive Water Hook-up Fees Stunt Seattle’s ADU Building Boom
Seattle Public Utilities is using “No Tap” water mains to extort homebuilders for system upgrades.
The gauntlet created by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) for access...
Bellevue City Council Advances Watered-Down Growth Alternative
Bellevue is one step closer in planning its growth for the next 20 years after a series of City Council meetings on the topic...