Shearwater barracks buildings were on several sites near NE 77th Street and from 40th to 43rd Avenues NE in Wedgwood. Photo used by permission; do not copy. In 1945 the Seattle Housing Authority sought a site to build housing for civilian or military workers of the naval base, and they ac...
Funding affordable housing near Seattle The project will be funded by public sources such as theWashington State Department of Commerce Housing Trust Fundand theKing County Housing Finance Program. Some financing sources include: 95 King County Housing Authority vouchers $5.2 million awarded by King C...
which Steamboat has enforced in a few neighborhoods, along with some short-term rental restrictions, not unlike other hot spots. The area has also benefited from the state’s Middle Income Housing Authority pilot program, which has put up a few buildings in town. But Steamboat still has a...
County Executive Dow Constantine said Thursday in the first meeting of the governing board of the regional homelessness authority that of more than 200 tests at the hotel, there hasn’t been a single confirmed case of COVID-19. “That clearly would not have been ...
Evicting people in the middle of a global health crisis puts them at greater risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19, turning “a catastrophe into an apocalypse,” Aaron Carr, founder and executive director of the Housing Rights Initiative, tells CNBC Make It. “A lot of people could be...
Multifamily housing developer, dog owner, and long-time Seattle residentBenjamin Maritzhas a unique perspective on the issue. Martiz lives near Volunteer Park and works in affordable housing around Capitol Hill and the Central District. He likes to walk his poodle mixes in Volunteer and Cal Anders...
and recently they’ve been one of the most clear-thinking members. But it needs to be taken up by WSDOT’s full leadership and the legislature and governor. The past year the legislature has suddenly gotten better at housing and maybe transit. But when will it be enough to reach critical...
Tacoma Housing Authority planning 40 to 50-unit mixed-use development near future Tacoma Link station. Kirkland holding meeting Nov. 19th about BRT. Buried in this article about new buildings at UW ($), this little example of how our transportation money goes astray: “The Nanoengineering & Sci...
David ColwellDenny WayPlymouth Housing GroupPontius AdditionRezin Pontius Seattle Now and Then Seattle Now & Then: Fire Below the Market July 18, 2015 jrsherrard 2 Comments (click to enlarge photos) THEN: The 1974 fire at the Municipal Market Building on the west side of Western Avenue did...
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority, which is in charge of the county’s emergency-weather response for the first time this year, worked with social service nonprofits throughout Seattle to open extra overnight space at the Seattle Center, Seattle City Hall, in the Compass ...