YIMBY News for 10/17

[Eric Budd]

Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 83.30. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bus rapid transit, comprehensive plan, condo, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, housing authority, housing crisis, impact fee, income, mixed-use, mobility, multimodal, project, public hearing, public space, real estate, rent, renter, single family, single-family, supply, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk, zone, zoning

Urbanist-minded Kirkland City Council candidates discussed housing solutions at a recent forum — and none of their opponents showed. On October 8, the Eastside Housing Equity Coalition held the second of three housing forums, allowing candidates running for different positions on the Kirkland City Council to address how they would work to help the city meet its affordable housing goals. Kirkland, alongside most of Washington, is facing an affordable housing crisis. As of 2022, the area median income of the city, the third-densest in Washington, stands at just over $130,000 — a level developers

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Closing the Gap Between Housing and Home With Upcycled Furniture

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.48. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, house, housing, housing cost, rent, transportation, urban, walk

A client reacts after seeing their newly-furnished home. (Photo courtesy Digs With Dignity) *This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country.* Homelessness in Chicago has surged in recent years, with the number of unhoused Chicagoans tripling last year. As housing costs climb and public funding shrinks, more families are cycling in and out of shelters without the resources to make a new place feel like home. One local nonprofit is tackling that gap, offering support that social service agencies aren’t able to

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2026 Boulder Budget - Staffing

PLAN Boulder

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.58. growth, house, housing, parking, project, real estate

Since the pandemic staffing levels have risen significantly. Staffing Levels Between 2019 and 2025 the city of Boulder increased staffing by 191 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees. Graph 1 shows 1426 FTE in 2019 and 1539 FTE in 2023 for a net increase of 113 FTE. In 2024 the Library was spun off reducing staff by 78 FTE. Those positions were distributed to other departments and by 2025 the workforce was once again at 1539. Even though 2026 is an austerity budget, overall staffing rises to 1548 with the addition of city council members as full time employees. The total increase from 2019 to 2

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Winchell’s, Sundance, budget: Longmont State of the City touches on key topics

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.47. bus rapid transit, construction, development, downtown, growth, house, market-rate, project, transportation, zone

Winchell’s Donut House, the Sundance Film Festival, Hotel Longmont and the city budget: These are just a few of the agenda items from Longmont’s annual State of the City address presented Thursday morning at the Longmont Museum. The State of the City featured a heartfelt “see you later” from soon-to-be-retiring Mayor Peck, who noted that while she will be hanging up her hat as mayor, she will continue to work for Longmont as a board secretary for the Front Range Passenger Rail District. “When I became mayor, I quickly realized that policy wasn’t our biggest challenge. It was division. Not disa

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