Displacement Tensions Come To A Head At Midtown Center
Early Wednesday morning a detachment of about 15 Seattle Police Department officers dispersed a group of people camped inside Black Dot, which is located within...
Incentive Zoning Helps Bring In $45 Million For 809 Affordable Apartments
Seattle's Office of Housing is set to make the largest annual investment to affordable housing in its history, as Mayor Ed Murray's office announced...
Sunday Video: Vienna’s Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VJudBdYXY
Bloomberg Quicktake/CityLab explores how Vienna is tackling affordable housing for all in the city. Mike Eliason, syndicated columnist of The Urbanist, offers his perspective...
Mayor Durkan Renews Seattle’s Quest for Regional Partnership on Homelessness
On Thursday Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a new regional partnership to combat homelessness alongside King County Executive Dow Constantine. Mayor Durkan said consolidating provision...
Eight Cities Have Opted Out of County Measure to House Homeless
Bellevue, Renton, Issaquah, Maple Valley, North Bend, Covington, Snoqualmie, and Kent voted to opt out of King County's homelessness measure by proposing their own...
Social Housing Now: Washington State Should Build 100,000 Homes
We are facing the twin crises of housing affordability and climate change, but solutions at the state level appear too timid while the federal...
PSRC’s 2017 Travel Survey Shows Transit Is Popular, Free Parking Induces Driving
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has released their 2017 travel survey data and it contains some really interesting nuggets. Households were asked a...
Community Ownership Event Energizes Housing Advocates
Right before snow coated the Emerald City's streets on Thursday, more than a hundred housing advocates gathered at the Central Library to hear a panel...