Late last year, one of Seattle’s most vaunted affordable housing providers put six buildings up for sale.

the government could make huge headway in solving the rental affordability crisis. The most obvious option would be to expand the existing Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as Section 8. The ...

There are many different models of rent control that can be tailored to meet specific needs and adapted to avoid mistakes other cities have made in the past.

SEATTLE (KOMO) — Seattle city leaders are asking voters to approve a housing levy to build 3,000 new affordable housing units and fund other initiatives to help address the housing and ...

What Spear means by rent control is the second-generation version tied to inflation and market rates. But she argues that in order for rent control to work in Seattle, it must apply to all new ...

SEATTLE — Seattle is on track to ban landlords’ use of controversial rent-setting software that has been under legal fire for years.

Chris Vialpando, a renter in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, experienced a 50% rent increase after his landlord started using RealPage to price rental units.

Aug. 1—The Seattle City Council rejected a proposal for rent control Tuesday, rebuffing the last major progressive push by outbound Councilmember Kshama Sawant. Sawant, the council's only ...

Downtown Seattle witnessed fewer condominium resales during the first quarter of 2018 compared with the prior year, largely because there were fewer homes to choose from. The lack of supply is further ...

Washington’s housing affordability crisis hurts every corner of the state. We’ve all heard stories. Nurses and grocery store employees can’t afford to live where they work. Young people are ...

What would get you to move to downtown Seattle? Mayor Harrell focuses on crime, homelessness, affordability and more in 2023 State of the City speech. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today ...