Seattle Move-In Fee Legislation: The Evolution Of A Loophole
During a full council meeting on October 17th, 2016, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to send Council Bill 118817, popularly known as the...
What’s In Your Rent? A New Initiative Attempts To Answer That
After five years of rapidly escalating rents, many Seattle tenants are familiar with the classic landlord letter, “Due to additional taxes and labor costs,...
Uptown Urban Design Framework Emerges From Final EIS
Bigger buildings and thousands of new residents and jobs could be headed to Uptown in the coming years, depending on the outcome of an...
Seattle Renters Are Getting A Commission
Renters in Seattle are poised to get more political representation in the city. Tenants--the fastest growing demographic in the city making up 54% of all...
Danny Westneat Strikes Again: Misleading Property Tax Analysis Edition
Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat--whom you may remember for leaking a draft of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee report in 2014 and...
Make Your Voice Heard On HALA Consider.It
Do you want to see something sad? According to a slide prepared for a meeting of largely anti-HALA (Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda) people,...
Join Us In Creating A Welcoming Wallingford
Welcoming Wallingford is a new group seeking to engage in the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) dialogue in the Wallingford neighborhood. This is...
Ban McMansions, Legalize Rowhouses
Two years ago the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Advisory Committee tried to put forward the idea of changing Seattle’s rigid single-family residential...