by Ben Adlin
Skyrocketing housing prices have reshaped much of Seattle in recent decades, displacing longtime residents, scattering the city’s historical BIPOC communities, and contributing to a growing number of people without homes. And more people continue to arrive: According to recent U.S. Census data, Seattle was the country’s fastest-growing big city during the year ending July 2022.
Continue reading Advocates Say Housing Levy Is Critical to Keeping Seattle Affordable and Inclusiveby Lauryn Bray
At the end of April, the Washington State Senate Committee released the amended 2023–2025 Biennial and 2023 Supplemental Capital Budgets, which included $6 million in funding for an affordable housing and early learning center project in Skyway. Originally, the proposed budgets allocated only $3 million for the affordable housing part of the project; however, after residents, activists, and legislators continued to advocate for the needs of the Skyway community, an additional $3 million was carved out in the amended budget for an early learning center.
Continue reading Skyway Community Receives Funding for Affordable Housing and Early Learning Centerby Ashley Archibald
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
More than 2,000 units of housing in King County alone could stop being affordable by the end of the decade because of the expiration of federal tax credits that locked in affordability for 30 years.
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by Agueda Pacheco Flores
In February of this year, King County awarded nearly $25 million to eight affordable housing projects across the region, including in the South End.
The money, which comes from the Housing Finance Program, will develop nearly a thousand units of affordable housing across the county. Half of those units will be prioritized for people who have previously been unhoused, veterans, and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Continue reading Funding From King County’s Housing Finance Program Creates Nearly a Thousand Units of Affordable Housingby Agueda Pacheco Flores
A long-awaited community center and affordable housing complex in White Center will break ground later this year.
The White Center Community Development Association (WCCDA) received $4.9 million from the state’s Housing Trust Fund in December of last year.
Continue reading Affordable Housing and a New Community Space Is Coming to White Centerby Kaileah Baldwin, Puget Sound Sage
Seattle needs more, and more varied, solutions to address our ever-growing housing and homelessness crisis — and I-135 gives us another tool in the toolbox. Our current solutions are insufficient and we’re seeing it across our city. The number of unhoused people in Seattle continues to be on the rise since homelessness was declared a state of emergency in 2015, and shows signs of getting worse in the economic aftermath of COVID-19. In 2021, 47% of Seattle renters paid 30% or more of their income toward housing, the point at which many housing advocates consider a household to be rent-burdened. In 2022, King County saw 13,000 people unhoused in a single night. I-135 presents a new solution to address Seattle’s crises of displacement and homelessness.
Continue reading OPINION | Seattle Deserves a New Kind of Housingby Otis Golden
As a paraeducator at “the crown jewel of the South End,” Rainier Beach High School, I know one of the biggest barriers to closing the achievement gap that educators face today is — affordable housing.
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