Wallingford Historic District Gets State Nod
A swath of North Wallingford centered around Meridian Playground received a key approval on Friday that puts it on course to be listed on...
Chamber Poll Finds Strong Support for Housing, Zoning Reform among Seattle Voters
The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released its twice annual "Index" poll of Seattle voters today and found even stronger support for new housing...
EcoTHRIVE’s Burien Affordable Housing Village Secures Key Loan
But, meanwhile, the Burien City Council voted to pump the brakes on similar projects.
This week ecoTHRIVE received some very good news related to its...
Tacoma Criminalizes Encampments Near Homeless Shelters and Waterways
In mid-September Urbanist reporter Kevin Le wrote about the Tacoma City Council's plan to create 10-block buffer zones around the city's nine emergency homeless...
A Reflection on the “Forbidden Houses” of Bothell
Four years ago I moved from a single-family home in Seattle to a condominium in dense downtown Kirkland. It was an adjustment. I loved...
Downtown and Rose Hill: Kirkland’s Corridor of Dense New Development
After Totem Lake, a neighborhood that is experiencing a spree of significant growth, the next notable constellation of new commercial and residential development in...
Could Tacoma’s Housing Solution Be Hiding in Plain Sight?
According to the City of Tacoma, “the City must plan for 127,000 additional residents and 97,000 jobs by 2040.”
Development of new housing in...
Workers on the Frontlines of the Homelessness Crisis Deserve a Living Wage, Not Poverty...
Cops often earn triple the salaries of Seattle's social service workers; pay inequity is undermining the city's response to homelessness.
Seattle's response to homelessness hinges...