A new University of California, Irvine working paper concluded that California's mandatory inclusionary zoning policies significantly reduce housing production, estimating that the state's typical aff...

Takeaways On Labor Day weekend, Sound Transit opened four more stops of its light rail line north of Seattle. But when I took my inaugural ride, I had my eye on something equally important as the shin...

By Josh Feit Councilmember Dionne Foster > Mayor Katie Wilson You couldn’t have a clearer juxtaposition. Mayor Wilson tried to…

A new survey reveals the growing popularity of this low-cost, flexible housing solution.

The Four/Five design prioritizes green space, daylight, affordability, and accessibility—all for greater connection and community.

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

Some Spokane politicians want to replace the existing property tax system with one that shifts tax burden from homes, apartments and many commercial properties and place it instead onto parking lots ...

A new report modeling a property tax building exemption in Spokane rebalances incentives toward community goals, encouraging homebuilding and discouraging in-city vacant land speculation.

Legislators should reject a bill that would allow more density in single-family neighborhoods without ensuring new housing is actually affordable.

Amid a national housing shortage, momentum is growing at the state and local levels to make it easier to build more homes—a proven way of reducing unaffordable rents and home prices. A key question fa...

I admire Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s self-criticism, but it’s misplaced.

With back-to-back wins in Virginia and Kentucky, land value taxation is re-emerging as a viable policy tool.

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While homeownership has always cost more than renting, the gap between the two has soared since 2020.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie introduced two proposals to help spur the production of housing in the city. One would reduce the mandated inclusionary rate of affordable units in market-rate develop...

In recent years, there has been growing attention to the barriers that existing building codes in the United States pose to goals of building more housing, in

The measure ushers in more light-filled, infill-suited apartment homes—and sets a model for other states.

Cities are laying the groundwork for more homes thanks to new flexibility on parking—with other states taking note.

Why apartments may be the most powerful domestic climate move of the Trump years.

Allowing more apartment buildings in city neighborhoods where transportation options and jobs are abundant, is critical for Washington to address the housing shortage and control prices and rents; to ...

A group of builders is urging Seattle to reduce Mandatory Housing Affordability fees for three years with the aim of kickstarting a sputtering homebuilding industry. They say 125 stalled projects enco...