King County Urges Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public, Pledges to Provide 115,000...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, people have watched the world around them transform in unexpected ways, but for many Americans the sudden...
Long Promised Center City Streetcar Would Be a Boon to First Hill
Within a year, 1,400 new housing units will come online in First Hill, which is already one of Seattle’s densest neighborhoods, as well as...
National Social Housing Plan Urges Creation of 12 Million of Homes
Since the Reagan administration, the federal government has gotten out of the game of producing social housing itself. A new report titled "The Case...
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...
Community Alliance Urges City to Stop and Rethink the Mercer Mega Block Sale
Public land is owned by all of us. City government acts as its steward, ensuring it is managed in the public interest, to benefit...
Micro Housing Part 2: Arguments in Favor
Article Note: This is the second installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 as well.
The arguments for...
The Role Of Community Land Trusts In Affordable Housing
It's no secret that Seattle is in the midst of a housing crisis. Zillow estimates that Seattle's median rent is up 12.1% from 2015...
NACTO Issues ‘Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery’ Playbook
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has published a new playbook for urban streets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed the...