City Reflects on Seattle’s Affordable Housing Progress in 2019
Our city is facing a housing crisis. Before the onset of the pandemic, when the economy was humming and jobs were bountiful, we had...
9-0: City Council Passes U District Rezone Unlocking MHA
New high-rises could be on the way for the University District (U District) for the first time since the 1970's. In a significant unanimous...
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...
Editorial: Seattle Should Not Pass Transportation Impact Fees
Facing a housing slowdown, foisting more costs onto new homes to fund a hodgepodge of transportation projects is a terrible idea.
The four members of...
Seattle Developers Opting In To Recent MHA Rezones
Seattle recently rezoned large swaths of Downtown and South Lake Union and the University District in the hopes of increasing development capacity for new development...
Uptown Development Regulations Push Affordable Housing And Open Space
Last month, I provided a high-level overview of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for land use changes in the Uptown neighborhood. To realize...
In Eastside Affordable Housing Efforts, ARCH Provides Both Help and Hurdles
Inside the complicated calculations that determine if affordable housing gets built on King County’s Eastside and how A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) finds itself in the middle of it all.
Alex Pedersen Ad-libs ‘One Seattle’ Zoning Proposal Aimed at Maintaining Two Seattles
Alex Pedersen became the first Seattle City Councilmember to outline his own proposal for the once-a-decade Comprehensive Plan update toward the bottom of his...