The Urbanist

On a Tuesday evening a few days before last Halloween, the City of North Bend held a community meeting at the North Bend branch of the King County Library System. The event's purpose: introducing community members to Related Northwest, the developer that had been selected to partner with the City on a 40-unit affordable housing project directly across the street from the libr...

The City of Bainbridge Island will pursue interim development regulations that increase capacity for new housing throughout its downtown core of Winslow, a move that should finally bring the city in compliance Growth Management Act (GMA) more than 19 months after a state-imposed deadline. ...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is taking another swing to increase affordability for residents by championing an ordinance that would prevent large grocery companies from setting prices by using customers’ personal information. 

A study by Consumer Reports made headlines last year when

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council approved mayor-backed legislation banning junk fees on renters in a 8-0 vote. Rental junk fees include administrative service fees, pet rent, and package fees.

Councilmember Dionne Foster was the lead sponsor of the bill, which was a priority for Mayor Katie Wilson and a part of the affordability agenda that carried her into office i...

Danny Wesneat has a column in the Seattle Times in which he claims the left in Washington State, unlike other parts of the country like Michigan or New York, “fizzled” because only four of the 22 in...