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Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund the program.

Seattle City Hall has released its roster of 2025 affordable rental housing investments including funding for the development of three new buildings, plus $33 million to support preservation of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. The problems being faced by Seattle’s affordable, subsidized housing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Oct 01, 2025, 09:30am EDT Seattle housing policies are leading to bad ...

SEATTLE — A backlash is brewing over a student housing project at the University of Washington that will clear out a significant number of trees, even though assurances were given that many of them ...

Housing in Washington state is expensive. Now, Gov. Bob Ferguson wants to ease rules to bring costs down. The result could ...

The Boulders development, built in 2006 in Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood, features a mature tree along with a waterfall. The developer also added mature trees salvaged from other developments — ...

Dense and appealing cities with diverse and high-end economies are expensive for homebuyers or renters. This is especially true in an era of high interest rates, particularly because of the Trump ...

SEATTLE — A state board has invalidated Seattle's plan to build affordable housing near T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field, dealing a major blow to what supporters called a solution to the city's housing ...