Let’s Talk Inclusionary Zoning: An Interview With Rick Jacobus
Below is an interview transcript with Rick Jacobus. This transcript is part of a series of interviews that are meant to shed light on...
International District Development Wave Comes with Growing Pains and Opportunities
More than 4,500 homes have been constructed, permitted, or proposed in the Chinatown-International District since 2019 -- 1,240 units of them affordable, based on...
What Upzoning Can Do
"The solution: Americans, together and all at once, would have to stop thinking about their homes as an investment," Conor Dougherty wrote in The Upshot this past...
‘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...
Sunday Video: Vienna’s Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VJudBdYXY
Bloomberg Quicktake/CityLab explores how Vienna is tackling affordable housing for all in the city. Mike Eliason, syndicated columnist of The Urbanist, offers his perspective...
New Legislation Offers a Flexible Approach to Tackling Washington’s Housing Woes
House Bill 1923 would require that cities take action to increase both housing supply and affordability.
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon of the 34th District has sponsored...
Meet Nantes, Seattle’s Sister City in France
American cities can glean many policy pointers from this highly livable French city, which has a delegation visiting.
This week delegates from Nantes, France, have...
Seattle Council Considers Residential Mandatory Housing Affordability
Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council's Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee deliberated on the details of the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability-Residential...