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Housing

‘Home In Tacoma’ Advances with Recommendation to Eliminate Single-Family Zoning

Tacoma has taken another step in its land use reform process to equitably house people and undo a legacy of exclusionary zoning. Home In...

Dow Constantine Makes Case for Fourth Term Built on Coalition Building Chops

King County Executive Dow Constantine is seeking a fourth term. His campaign war chest is vast and slate of endorsements is impressive, but for...
Backyard cottages like this one should be coming to Burien thanks to the City's new reform. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Governor Partially Vetoes Backyard Cottage Bill at Request of Housing Advocates, AARP

Providing more housing options in single-family zones is a policy idea that state legislators have kicked around for years. This session, the Washington State...

Roosevelt Needs a Zoning Refresh

With an overly limited urban village around its light rail station, Roosevelt could really use an expansion. I moved my family to the edge of...

Lake City on the Rise with Hundreds of Apartments

Long predominantly flanked by auto dealerships and auto shops, parking lots, and single-family homes, Lake City Way is seeing an influx of multifamily development....

Meetup Video: May 2021 with Sam Assefa

https://youtu.be/sagR5Hd6i-4 Sam Assefa joined for the May meetup as out guest speaker. Assefa formerly served as Director of the Seattle Office of Planning and Community...

Sunday Video: Why Is LA Traffic So Bad?

https://youtu.be/DbiI9ainetY Dave Amos explores the history of Los Angeles’ highway building and the ways that traffic in the region is so bad. It isn’t just...

Call to Action: Support 133 Homes in Magnolia at Upcoming Design Review

The all-volunteer West Design Review Board will hear about a project at 2550 32nd Ave W that would house new neighbors and bring an...