KUOW Newsroom Seattle Council considers new tenant laws Tenants in Seattle, especially those dealing with domestic violence, would get more protections under a set of new proposals. City Council members want to exempt renters from paying damage fees if it occurred while they were being abused.
KUOW Newsroom Mercer Mega Block sale could haul in $143.5 million for city of Seattle A $143.5 million sale of the Mercer Mega Block could plow tens of millions into affordable housing efforts in Seattle.
KUOW Newsroom High heat puts Seattle homeless at greater risk On days when it’s 85 degrees or higher, the Seattle Union Gospel Mission sets up a pop up stand outside the men’s shelter in Pioneer Square.
In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.
Seattle plans to tap sales tax for affordable housing For the State of Washington, the sales tax is a firehose of money. For ages, cities have wanted to poke a straw into that firehose and get just a teensy bit of what's flowing inside. During the last legislative session, cities finally got that wish.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle's new backyard cottage rules 'best in America,' says advocate Kim Malcolm talks with Sightline Institute senior researcher Dan Bertolet about Seattle's new rules for accessory dwelling units.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle's new backyard cottage rule both hailed and hated Not everyone is sold on Seattle’s decision to allow more options to build backyard cottages.
Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning The bill makes duplexes allowable in cities over 10,000 people, and quadplexes legal in the Portland metro area. It's part of a growing change to zoning policy amid a national housing crisis.
This is what you need to earn to afford a two-bedroom in Seattle Renters in Washington state would need to make $27.78 per hour in order to afford a modest two-bedroom unit, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
KUOW Newsroom As Fort Lawton opens a new chapter, we explore its complex history in Seattle Kim Malcolm talks with author John Hamann about the history of Seattle's Fort Lawton.
