Land Use

Lid I-5 Awarded $48,000 Grant for Community Outreach

Lid I-5 has been awarded a $48,000 grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to further our campaign of reconnecting communities divided by Interstate...

Dissecting the MBA’s 10-Point Plan on Affordable Housing

I don’t know if you heard, but urbanists are developer shills. At least that’s the common conception. In reality, many of us are quite...
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The Path To Eliminating Single-Family Zoning In Seattle

During every election cycle The Urbanist asks candidates about their support for changing  current single-family zones. This year, every candidate for council except for...

Bellevue Adopts New Downtown Livability Standards

Bellevue has been chugging away on a Downtown Livability Initiative for its business, retail, and housing core over the past four years. In 2013,...

An Affordable Housing Platform for Seattle

Some vocab first: MHA - Mandatory Housing Affordability; Seattle jargon for inclusionary zoning. Inclusionary Zoning - This is the common term for MHA; it...

Puget Sound Considers Update To Regional Centers Framework

The Puget Sound is seeing substantial growth in population, housing, and jobs in key centers across King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap Counties. That's not...

Council Ponders Unreinforced Masonry Buildings and Rezones Madrona Site

On Monday, the Seattle City Council received a policy briefing on recommendations to improve the safety of unreinforced masonry structures. The council also approved...

Sunday Video: Urban Density

In this short video, Sam Sullivan, a former Vancouver mayor and British Columbian provincial legislator, highlights some of the possible benefits that urban density...