A Permanent Rental Assistance Program Would Prevent Homelessness in Seattle
Barry (not his real name) can afford to pay about $200 a month for his small apartment. His rent is $800. He’s disabled and...
Tacoma Town Center to Revitalize Urban Core
Close your eyes for a moment and think of downtown Tacoma. What do you see? Where do you like to go? Chances are, most...
Market Street Developments Are Creating A New Urban Neighborhood East of Ballard
There’s a spot just inside Seattle's Gilman Park where the scent of turned earth and new asphalt mingles with that of cooking grains coming...
Legislature Passes Sound Transit Enhanced Funding Bill, but Fails to Lift Backyard Cottage Ban
Another set of bills died Friday as another legislative cutoff passed, but a bill boosting Sound Transit funding options was not among them. Senate...
Microsoft Helps Fund 235 Affordable Homes Near Bellevue’s East Main Transit District
A collaboration between SRM Development and the nonprofit Downtown Action to Save Housing (DASH) is set to bring 235 homes near the future East...
Honor Wallingford’s Streetcar History by Building Transit and Dense, Affordable Housing
Beginning with my great grandmother, three generations of women in my family lived in a craftsman home that has since been flattened into the...
Midweek Video: What Is Gentrification?
Vox explores what gentrification is and is not, and comes in defense of the "Gentrification Building" that grabbed a lot of attention on TikTok.
The Urbanist Podcast: Lots of Housing Going Up Above Seattle Safeway Grocery Stores
In this latest podcast episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I discuss a notable housing trend in Seattle, the conversion of big-box Safeway grocery stores...