As Seattle’s population rapidly grows, the city faces a mounting housing crisis marked by rising rents, limited affordable ...

Democratic Representatives Jayapal and Frost's Housing Not Handcuffs Act would allow unregulated homeless encampments on ...

Discover how Rantz reacts to Jayapal's legislation aiming to address Seattle's homelessness crisis on a national scale.

In 2024, 60% to 90% were, according to a 2024 state survey of affordable housing providers in Washington. In Seattle Housing Authority buildings, the number of tenants not paying was 8% in 2019 ...

Home inventory in a number of major metropolitan areas have hit levels higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, a ...

Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund the program.

Many experts believe that this crisis is fueled by a shortage of housing, caused principally by restrictive regulations. Rents and home prices would fall, the argument goes, if rules such as minimum ...

Eviction filings surge in The Valley and Washington state, with signs of a mounting housing crisis post-pandemic.

California is creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal to split up the Business, Consumer Services and Housing ...

Our Development … for Good event on the housing crisis featured Mayor Cherelle Parker’s housing czar Angela Brooks and Bruce ...