Toward Affordable Housing: Seattle Adopts A Commercial Linkage Fee
For more than a year, conversations have been ongoing about both the promise and pitfalls of Seattle's Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) process. But in...
What Seattle Public Schools Needs to Say Right Now
The letter District Leaders should send to follow earlier garbage.
Dear Seattle Schools families,
As Covid numbers have spiked among kids and staff in Seattle...
As Development Slows, Seattle Eyes Transportation Impact Fee Projects
The Seattle City Council is closer than ever to tapping a new source of revenue for transportation projects, with councilmembers from opposite sides of...
Pierce County Updates Plans for Central Urban Growth Areas
In October, the Pierce County Council adopted updates to the community plans of Frederickson, Mid-County, Parkland-Spanaway-Midland, and South Hill that should encourage denser development...
Why I Support The U District Rezone
Here is the extended version of the one-minute public comment I delivered about 30 minutes into the Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) committee...
Seattle’s Housing Construction Booms While Permitting Flashes Warning Signs
Plummeting permits could point to a housing slowdown and less affordable housing money after a banner year.
Seattle’s housing production set a new record in...
Urbanists Rally to Sway Seattle Growth Plan
Comment on the draft Seattle Comprehensive Plan by May 20. Housing advocates have urged the City to adopt the "Housing Abundance Map" rather than keep exclusionary zoning.
Aurora Avenue: Can a Lost Opportunity Be Regained?
Most of us have an attic, or a storage locker, or a closet, or a drawer that is neglected, full of things that we...