Land Use

4 Demographic Implications on Housing and Transport

Last week, the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) hosted their annual conference, which gathered a wide range of disciplines in planning like land use,...

Sunday Video: Can Trains Save Seattle?

City Beautiful's urbanism content creator, Dave Amos, recently visited the Seattle area to explore future transit-oriented development sites and the planning that is going...

City Council Gets First Look at Draft Amendments to Parking Reform Legislation

On Wednesday, the Seattle City Council met to discuss possible amendments to proposed parking reform legislation. Councilmembers and City staff walked through an extensive...

Sunday Video: What Is The YIGBY Housing Movement?

In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about a growing national movement of faith-based organizations that are seeking to put their landholdings to work for housing, known as Yes-In-God’s-Backyard (YIGBY), and the obstacles that the movement faces.
A "Missing Large Housing" graphic shows a range of midrise and highrise housing options between six-story "five over one" and pencil skyscrapers, including social housing and shared ownership options like baugruppe. "The middle class lives here in industrialized societies," a label notes.

Missing Large Housing and Berkeley’s Push to End Apartment Bans

Historically, Berkeley has been a hotbed of resistance to new housing and an innovator in excluding people of color. In fact, Berkeley was the...

Community Feedback On The University District Urban Design And Zoning Proposals

The Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) has released their comment summary on the draft proposal for the University District rezone and urban...
Natalie Bicknell

Displacement Remains Top Concern for International District Residents

One year after the passage of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones in the Chinatown-International District (CID) neighborhood, the community is contemplating its difficult present...
Harrell is in a dark blazer and González a blue top.

2021 Primary Precinct Results Show Familiar Rich vs Rent-burdened Battle Lines

King County Elections finalized Primary Election results on Tuesday and Seattle's data wizards quickly went to work conjuring maps showing precinct-level results. What emerged...