Social Welfare

City Council Passes Temporary Moratorium on Mobile Home Park Redevelopment, Waterfront LID

On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved a temporary moratorium on mobile home sites across the city, limiting the ability of those sites from...

Investments In Renton Properties Threaten To Displace Families With Vouchers

The Renton Reporter and The Seattle Times were following an unfolding disaster in Renton. Over the course of the summer, approximately 65 families renting...
A photo showing doors for restrooms at a light rail station.

Toilet Deserts Remain Despite Sound Transit’s Renewed Restroom Policy

More passenger restrooms are ahead in Sound Transit's ever-growing system. However, a recommended policy update would discourage them from becoming a universal and easily...

Seattle Is Wasting Another Opportunity For Social Housing

One would think, in the midst of a broad and deep housing crisis, that a nearly three-acre parcel in the heart of the city...

City Council Mulls Franchise Agreement with Comcast

The City of Seattle has entered into a proposed agreement with the Comcast affiliated entity called “Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC”. Comcast recently entered...

Are Transit Fare Violation Policies Fair?

Over the years, the issue of fare enforcement fairness has routinely been raised. In 2015, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove sponsored legislation to...
A Metro bus operating on a snowy Beacon Hill. (Owen Pickford)

Metro Previews Policy Updates for System Growth and Equity Focus

Updates to King County Metro's key policy documents have been delayed due to Covid-induced impacts, but the agency hopes to complete them this year...

Sound Transit Green Lights Capitol Hill Station TOD

Capitol Hill, a neighborhood awash with transit-oriented development, is poised to get a lot more right where it is needed. At a meeting last week,...