YIMBY News for 7/20

[Eric Budd]

Apartment conversions are expensive and tricky. This old Denver Tech Center building pulled it off.

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.03. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, downtown, house, housing, income, parking, parking lot, project, rent

Keren Staves was among the first to move into one of the newest apartment buildings in Denver’s south suburbs. The special education teacher moved from New Orleans with her two children for a job in North Denver. “I got the job and maybe like two weeks after getting the job I was like, ‘OK, we need to find somewhere to live.’” The building that houses the apartment that Staves now calls home looks like an ordinary office building. The property sits in the Denver Tech Center, surrounded by parking lots. More than 20 years ago, financial services company Invesco built the four-story office to ho

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Pierce County Pursues Regional Homelessness Approach, Hoping to Avoid Neighbor’s Pitfalls

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.53. house, housing, project, rent, urban

[image: Pierce County Pursues Regional Homelessness Approach, Hoping to Avoid Neighbor’s Pitfalls] Next year will mark Jay Worley’s 15th year since they last experienced homelessness. The Gig Harbor-based Worley is a longtime disability and homeless rights advocate. They also worked to help create Pierce County’s new *Unified Regional Approach to Homelessness* (URA), a recently-proposed plan meant to better coordinate homelessness response in Pierce County and substantially reduce homelessness across the county. Worley, who served on the governance task force for the URA, is heartened that the

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Seattle Council and Mayor Butt Heads Over Universal Free School Meals

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.98. affordable, house, housing, income, rent, urban

[image: Seattle Council and Mayor Butt Heads Over Universal Free School Meals] Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to provide universal meals for all students starting this fall has hit a potential roadblock due to an amendment under debate at the Seattle City Council that would redirect a portion of funding and delay the program. In April, Wilson *announced her spending plan* for the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy, which passed in 2025 with 80% of the vote in Seattle. In addition to expanding the Seattle Preschool Program, Wilson’s plan included implementation of universal scho

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