PSRC Housing Strategy Seeks to Galvanize Region to Action
In July, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released their draft three-pronged Regional Housing Strategy (RHS). The strategy is to be a collection of...
Hot YIMBY Summer
There has been quite a lull in pro-housing advocacy opportunities since the controversial Mandatory Housing Affordability and Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda rezones of...
Goodbye, Single-Family Zoning… Hello Neighborhood Residential Zoning?
A proposed name change could kick off the fight to end exclusionary zoning in Seattle.
So, what's exactly in a name? Juliet Capulet pondered this...
‘Huge Victory’ for Tenants as King County Council Broadens Protections
In a 6-3 vote yesterday, the King County Council approved a bill greatly expanding tenant rights in unincorporated King County. Sponsors Girmay Zahilay, Jeanne...
Landlord Lobby Spreads Lies in Attempt to Torpedo King County Tenant Rights Bill
Landlords came out in force at the King County Council meeting on Tuesday to speak against a proposed tenant rights bill. Unfortunately, their cause...
Tacoma Issues Housing Permits Three Times Faster than Seattle, Builders Report
Seattle has been taking the lion's share of the region's housing growth for the last decade, but developers are starting to look to Tacoma...
Seattle Council Passes Eviction Defense Package
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council passed three bills extending protections for tenants facing the threat of eviction. They also voted unanimously to send a...
Eviction Defense Bills Pass Out of Committee with Pedersen Dissenting
The Seattle City Council's Renters' Rights Committee passed three bills providing further protections from evictions and rejected a bevy of amendments from Councilmember Alex...