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Boarding houses were a staple for low-income, single blue-collar or temporary workers across the U.S. in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with

OLYMPIA — House Bill 2160, promoting transit-oriented housing developments, passed with a floor vote of 56 to 40 during a Feb. 13 floor debate. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Julia Reed, D-Seattle, has moved on to the Senate for further consideration. The bill requires cities in fully planning counties, such as Grant County, to conform to certain requirements and limitations for housing near transit systems. Reed spoke about the bill during the Jan. 9 hearing. “The bill before you addresses tha...

By Mary Murphy

Plus: Austin and Salt Lake City pass very different "middle housing" reforms, Democrats in Congress want to ban hedge fund–owned rental housing, and a look at GOP presidential candidate's housing policy positions.

In April 2020, Vanie Mangal's tenant, who lives on the bottom floor of the two-family home they share in Queens, stopped paying rent.

When the Association of Washington Cities last year didn’t like a proposal to allow more housing density amid a statewide affordability crisis, the nonprofit posted a bulletin to mobilize its

When the Association of Washington Cities last year didn’t like a proposal to allow more housing density amid a statewide affordability crisis, the nonprofit posted a bulletin to mobilize its

Lobbyists for the Association of Washington Cities flex the group’s influence in Olympia — including the ability to draft policy themselves.

Three more states abolished single-family-only zoning this year, in addition to passing lots of wonky process reforms.

The Legislature passed 10 laws and put $1 billion toward one of Washington’s most pressing problems: a statewide lack of accessible shelter.