This is rich. I spotted the ad at right this morning. I laughed out loud when I read it. Specifically the first word there: “keep.” If you’re not wealthy, Seattle is already unaffordable by nearly any metric. Rents are soaring, home prices are hitting new all-time highs, and inventory of both rentals and for-sale homes…
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Mayor’s Affordability Committee Releases Tepid Growth Recommendations
As a follow-up to this morning’s post about the future of single-family housing in Seattle, here’s the final report from the Mayor’s “Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee”: Seattle Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (pdf) There are a few relevant portions of the report that address single-family zoning. From page 21 of the report: MF.1…
Seattle Preparing to Say Goodbye to Single-Family Zoning?
Remember a few months ago, when I suggested that single-family housing in Seattle would be on its way out soon? If Seattle’s population keeps growing, there is a hard housing reality that we’re going to have to face: the death of the single-family home. As of 2013, roughly 43 percent of Seattle’s housing stock is…
Seattle Advisory Committee to Study Affordable Housing
Hat tip to the West Seattle Blog, who yesterday posted about a City of Seattle advisory committee on affordable housing. The city is gearing up to attempt to “develop a bold agenda for increasing the affordability and availability of housing in our city by convening a Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee.” Here are some…
Crosscut: Seattle Population is Nowhere Near Current Capacity
Interesting article over on Crosscut today: Why Seattle won’t grow as fast as planners say If Seattle’s current estimated population is 602,000 and we add the hypothetical 180,000 and you get 782,000 people by 2040 — considerably short of the 1.2 million that some claim are on the way. … The assumption is that right…