The city's draft of microhousing legislation (p. 15) includes a previously proposed regulation for bicycle parking: 1 secure space for every 4 microhousing units.
Seattle currently requires one bike space per four dwelling units in multifamily housing, like typical condos and apartments. In congregate residences, as much microhousing is currently defined, there's...
Gabriel Metcalfe from SPUR proposes an all-of-the-above approach to solving the housing cost problem in San Francisco. He nails it with the comment:
In the long run, the only solution that will actually benefit the vast majority of people is to fix the supply problem.
and has a shoutout to Seattle,...
Sometimes, when having conversations with fellow environmentalists, I find a disconnect in our understanding of urbanization. In the past, cities were regarded as dirty, unhealthy, the source of most of our emissions, and much early environmentalism was focused on rural, self-reliant, self-contained living.
One of the most well known tools...
If you're not doing anything on Sunday afternoon, you could help make Seattle a safer place for cyclist and pedestrians, help improve access to lake union and participate in a nice bicycle ride all at the same time.
The Cascade Bicycle Club is holding a policy ride on Sunday, January...
In many cities the term NIMBY (not in my back yard) is often lobbed at those opposing changes in their neighborhood. The term is often perceived as an insult but this wasn’t always the case.
People don’t want anything near them, especially if it might help someone else - George...
The fourth proposed regulation on micro-housing concerns minimum square footage of communal areas.
The city would like to require a minimum square footage for the kitchen. This issue was raised because some of the micro-housing projects have kitchen sizes as small as 50 square feet. The city’s proposal on this...
We completed our preliminary research on two-bedroom housing in Seattle. We’ll be publishing a comprehensive report on all unit types in the near future. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at what we found.
By looking at just over 1,400 units from 12/4/2013 to 12/10/2013, we learned a lot...
My name is Owen Pickford and I’m the founder of Housing for Seattle. I’m here because I’m concerned about the cost of housing in Seattle. Put simply, there is insufficient focus on how Seattle’s zoning policies affect housing costs.
As an example, the description of this meeting’s purpose is...