YIMBY News for 3/28

[Eric Budd]

Judkins Park Light Rail Opening Spurs Housing Boom

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 51.81. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, condo, construction, development, house, housing, income, mixed-use, parking, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

[image: Judkins Park Light Rail Opening Spurs Housing Boom] Built in a highway median and at the edge of two fledgling urban centers and one of Seattle’s *deadliest roads*, Judkins Park Station was not designed to thrive. Despite its challenging conditions, more than 2,000 units of housing have been constructed around the soon-to-open 2 Line station in the past eight years, with another 900 or so in the pipeline. Most of this housing comes from major multifamily development along the Rainier Avenue corridor, with the rest being townhomes peppered across the neighborhoods surrounding the statio

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Crosslake Light Rail Set to Transform Puget Sound Region

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 43.70. apartment, bus rapid transit, construction, development, downtown, growth, housing, project, real estate, single family, transit-oriented, urban, zone, zoning

[image: Crosslake Light Rail Set to Transform Puget Sound Region] The day is fast upon the Seattle metro area to take arguably its biggest leap forward in transit connectivity ever. By 10am on Saturday, March 28, 2 Line light rail trains will finally cross Lake Washington on the I-90 floating bridge, connecting Bellevue and Redmond to Downtown Seattle and continuing north to Lynnwood. Now that it is fully built out, the full 2 Line is expected to carry 50,000 daily riders by 2030, according to Sound Transit modeling. Underneath that jump in ridership is a better commutes for thousands and thou

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The Weekly Wrap: City and State Governments Move Quickly To Erase César Chavez From Public Spaces

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.58. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, downtown, housing, preservation, project, public space, real estate, urban

[image: The Weekly Wrap] A worker covers a mural by Emigdio Vasquez depicting Cesar Chavez, at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, California, on March 19, 2026. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP) 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. ------------------------------ After Chavez Allegations, City and State Governments Move Quickly To Erase Him

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What’s Working:  Colorado’s largest hemp grower fears big staff layoffs under new federal rules

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.00. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, project, rent, renter, supply, urban, walk

------------------------------ [image: A graphic showing how much the ingredients in a burger have increased]Ryan Eakes tends hemp plants at the grow operation he manages, Typhoon Farma, near Montrose. Eakes fears having to lay off most of his staff when new federal rules around intoxicating hemp products go into effect in November. (Courtesy Typhoon Farma) *Tracy Ross* *Reporter* ------------------------------ *Quick links*: JBS meatpackers strike | 859 wage-theft cases | Small business funding trouble| Office to apartment conversions | AMP’s biochar attracts Google | Take the survey: Jobs Wh

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It’s Time For Local Governments To Ask Themselves Some Fundamental Questions

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.38. affordable, affordable housing, housing, rent, urban

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters about the city's finances during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP) The National League of Cities recently released its 2025 City Fiscal Conditions report, the 40th edition of an annual pulse check of local finance officer opinions and hard annual comprehensive financial report data. This year’s numbers reflect flatlining revenues, rising cost pressures and growing anxiety about being able to balance future budgets. Over the past five years, the share of finance officers reporting that they wi

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