Dan Bertolet News Today

The city can make three critical fixes to its 20-year growth plan: Let middle housing be bigger, allow apartment buildings in more places, and legalize car-free homes everywhere.

SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.

Boarding houses that rented single rooms, or "micro-apartments" to low-income workers were prevelant in the early 1900s.

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”

The Pacific Northwest is a leader in the resurgence of this form of affordable housing.

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”

SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.

SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.