Wonkabout Washington: The Climate Change/Land Use Nexus and Washington Can’t Wait
How have you been breathing lately? Not well I’m guessing. The last few weeks have seen Seattle, along with cities up and down the...
City Launches “ADUniverse” Website for Pre-approved Backyard Cottage Designs
On Tuesday, the City of Seattle rolled out a website called ADUniverse that will offer 10 pre-approved accessory dwelling unit (ADU) designs and other...
An Interview with Lonness Valenna, ‘Disgruntled Fairy Godmother of Housing’
Equality Coalition for Housing and Opportunity (ECHO) is co-hosting an 2SLLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) conversation with Share The...
Apartment Production in Seattle On Track to Decline Sharply in 2020
Construction of new apartments has reached a five-year low in Seattle, according to data compiled by RentCafe. While it makes sense that construction would...
The Lines We Draw: Subdivision
In debating the shape of our cities, the zoning ordinance gets a lot of the headlines. It gives us the bulk and height of...
Portland Passes Sweeping Zoning Reform
Today, Portland did what Seattle has failed to do: grapple with its legacy of exclusionary zoning. Portland City Council voted three to one to...
Seattle Planning Commission Maps Out Equitable Covid Recovery Strategies
Racial equity and resilience were not prioritized highly enough pre-Covid. The Seattle Planning Commission wants to ensure the Covid recovery achieves positive results for...
Designing for Community in the Covid City
Cohousing offers ways to stay connected during the Covid pandemic that city planners, architects, and community organizers can learn from.
This spring, while people across...