Convention Center Hotel Tax Expansion Hits Some Homeless People Hard
Throughout the development of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) expansion, the WSCC has repeated in marketing materials and public meetings that the project...
Sunday Video: Tourists Love ‘Live Like A Local’ Travel. Do Locals?
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Touristification on Lisbon has been swift, leaving many locals to wonder how they fit in with the city. With the global rise of tourism,...
Seattle City Council Notes: A Safer SR-520, Roosevelt Gets a Park, and Enhanced Tenant...
At the top of the agenda on Monday, the City Council discussed a resolution (Resolution 31611) on the SR-520 highway rebuild from Montlake to...
Sound Transit Approves Pilot Program Waiving Fares for Low-Income Riders, Previews Fare Enforcement Reform
A new income-based fare pilot program will provide help support low-income riders on Sound Transit services for up to two years as the transit...
Reminder: Building Affordability Through Community Ownership Event On Thursday
In Seattle’s efforts to address the housing affordability crisis, community land trusts and other forms of community ownership have been in large part overlooked....
How King County’s Basic Income Program Could Fight Poverty and Increase Safety
Research has showed the promise of guaranteed basic income programs to interrupt the cycle of poverty, and participants in King County's pilot program told The Urbanist that it had helped them improve their circumstances.
Superior Court Strikes Down Seattle’s First-in-Time Renter Law
Yesterday King County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Parisien issued a ruling striking down the first-in-time law regulating rental properties within the city of Seattle....
Sunday Video: The Neighborhood Between The Lines
In Chinatown-International District, policymakers face big decisions on how and where to locate Ballard and West Seattle light rail expansion. Community members highlight, in...