YIMBY News for 11/1

[Eric Budd]

Seattle Budget Tweaks Would Add Transit Security Czar, Rescue Waterfront Streetcars

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 39.34. bus stop, comprehensive plan, construction, development, growth, housing, parking, parking lot, parking structure, preservation, project, public hearing, rent, transportation, urban

City budget season in Seattle hit full stride this week with the release of dozens of proposed tweaks to Mayor Bruce Harrell’s initial budget for 2026. The amendments now on the table earmark funds for priority projects, even as Harrell’s budget already piled on a significant amount of new spending that is expected to add to a projected budget deficit set to loom in 2027. Thanks to a slightly better-than-expected revenue forecast update this month, the Council has an additional $1.6 million to spend on priorities within the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). But the total number of p

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Apartments at former Longmont Walmart site one step closer

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.00. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, condo, construction, development, growth, homeowner, housing, mixed-use, occupancy, parking, parking structure, project, public space, rent, urban

The former Walmart property near the intersection of Hover Street and Nelson Road is slated for redevelopment into a mixed-use housing complex, following the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority Board’s approval of a tax increment financing agreement with Hines Longmont 800 LLC on Tuesday. Plans call for 265 apartments to be built around a parking structure, with a second 230-unit building planned for a future phase. The development will replace a long-vacant site with new housing and public infrastructure, part of the city’s ongoing effort to eliminate what it classifies as “blight” in the area.

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The Weekly Wrap: Dozens of U.S. States Sue Trump Admin Over SNAP Ending

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.53. development, house, housing, project, supply, transportation, urban

[image: The Weekly Wrap] (Photo by Province of British Columbia / CC BY 2.0) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. * *If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe.* ------------------------------ States Band Together to Sue Trump Over SNAP Benefit Cuts Governors and attorneys general of 25 states and the District of Columbia have jointly sued the Trump administration this wee

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