Call to Action: Attend the Backyard Cottage Public Hearing at Seattle City Hall Tuesday
The first public hearing on Councilmember Mike O'Brien's backyard cottage proposal is Tuesday June 11th, and housing activists under the umbrella group More Options...
Legal Hurdles Cleared, Seattle is Advancing Accessory Dwelling Reform
New regulations to remove financial and regulatory barriers to backyard cottages and stem the tide of McMansions are moving forward in Seattle, possibly completing...
Joe Berridge’s “Perfect City” Celebrates the Many Forms of Urban Delight
Among urban planners of the 21st century, few can claim to have as interesting and expansive careers as Joe Berridge, partner at Urban Strategies...
AIA Seattle’s Density Done Right Forum Imagines a Better Blueprint
How can a city increase its density gracefully? What would such a transformation look and feel like for residents? These questions guided the series of...
Off Limits: How Seattle’s Suburbs Are Blocking Housing
Suburbs surrounding Seattle, some of them literally islands, are pulling up the drawbridges to growth. That is putting even more pressure on Seattle to...
Plan Cities for the Working Class not for Real Estate Tycoons, Sam Stein Urges...
Samuel Stein's new book Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State aims to challenge urban planning orthodoxy. Writing from a socialist perspective with...
Hearing Examiner Squashes Appeal, Clearing Way for More Backyard Cottages
Yesterday Seattle Deputy Hearing Examiner Barbara Dykes Ehrlichman dismissed Queen Anne Community Council's appeal of the City's backyard cottage reform. The same appellant had...
Washington Legislature Opts for Incentives Over Mandates to Promote Housing Density in HB 1923
It's rare these days to hear of a piece of legislation attracting significant bipartisan support in both Washington State's House and Senate. For that...