Eliminate the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Part Two
America's most regressive social policy has entrenched the racial wealth gap. It's time for it to go.
This article is the second half...
Mayor Durkan Creates a New Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council
Mayor Jenny Durkan has announced the creation of a new advisory council focused on solutions of middle-income housing. The advisory council held their first...
MFTE Program Progress Report: First Trimester 2016
The Office of Housing gave their thrice-annual progress report on the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program to the City Council last month. The report analyzed the...
Dissecting MFTE: 855 New Units Added In 2016 But Rent Limit Jumped 7%
The Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program has approved 7,518 affordable units, as of the end of 2016. 855 affordable units were officially added to...
Top Urbanist Action: Ask County Council for Housing Not a Stadium Subsidy
It seemed like a done deal. The King County Council was going to fork over about $190M to pay for Safeco Field maintenance intended...
Activists Rally for Big Solutions to Seattle’s Housing Gap
Council Chambers were packed Tuesday evening as housing advocates rallied for solutions to Seattle's affordability crisis. The "Housing Gap" meeting called by Councilmember Teresa...
Sound Transit Weighs Fare Enforcement Reform, New Name for University Street Station
It was a busy week at Sound Transit headquarters. Agency staff briefed regional policymakers on a range of topics from Connect 2020 progress to...
A Newcomer’s Guide to Finding Home in Seattle
The idea of “home” came to the foreground when I moved to Seattle from the greater Detroit area where I was born and raised,...