Sound Stories. Sound Voices.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
You are on the KUOW archive site. Click here to go to our current site.

Rising Popularity Of Microhousing

apodment
Flickr Photo/Jseattle/Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

As the cost of living continues to rise in the city, people are finding it harder to find an affordable place to live. To accommodate the demand, developers are building microhousing -- tiny studio apartments with private bathrooms that share a kitchen with other units. The microhouses boast affordable living in high-demand neighborhoods such as Capitol Hill and the University District. However, residents in some neighborhoods fear the developments skirt zoning laws and create too much density too fast. City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen is considering legislation that could put new restrictions on microhousing. He joins us to explain.

Also this hour: Bestselling author Jodi Picoult explores the intertwined lives of a Holocaust survivor and a former Nazi SS guard in her latest novel, “The Storyteller.” Plus: radio sound-effects artists worked with a lot of different directors during the Golden Age of radio. Today we look at three types of directors that were really hard to work for.