Seattle’s Social Housing Developer now has the power to issue bonds, a tool it plans to use to leverage financing to purchase or build more apartments. The controversial program is funded by taxes on ...

Habitat for Humanity Seattle is putting the finishing touches on its largest affordable housing development to date, as ...

Days before a deal to lower developer fees that fund affordable housing was expected to be released to the public, City Hall ...

After some nonprofit builders objected, the Housing Development Consortium pulled their support for Seattle's "Housing Accelerator" pilot program built on temporarily reducing builder fees. This led ...

The Seattle Social Housing Developer board recently held its final meeting of the year. The voter-approved affordable housing producer, which has yet to build any housing, faces uncertainty with its ...

A proposal to temporarily pause fees that fund affordable housing development in Seattle has stalled after key stakeholders ...

The City of Seattle is doubling up its assistance to affordable housing providers. Seattle is pumping $28 million in funding into its affordable housing system next year for providers to stay afloat, ...

In 2023, Seattle voters authorized the city to create a new organization to develop “social housing,” a type of publicly-owned affordable housing that accommodates low- and middle-income renters. Now, ...

Residents of a senior living community in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle are raising alarms about nearby subsidized housing projects managed by the Downtown Emergency Service Center ...

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 ...