YIMBY News for 11/27

[Eric Budd]

Affordable Housing Expands in Seattle’s Central District and South End

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 44.64. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, gentrification, housing, income, project, rent, segregation, urban, walk

A handful of new affordable housing complexes in the Central District and South End are providing some welcome relief to apartment-seekers amidst a housing affordability crunch. Permit applications for new apartment buildings in Seattle have plummeted by 39% in the last year, and the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle climbed to $2,200. Non-profit housing organizations Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) are working on a slate of projects targeted toward the needs of some of the city’s most racially diverse communities. Last month, LI

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Katie Wilson Charts New Course on Public Safety and Homelessness

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.86. house, housing, income, project, public space, rent, urban, walk

Now that its hard-fought mayoral race has concluded, Seattle is holding its breath to see how Mayor-elect Katie Wilson will govern. In late 2021, more conservative-leaning tough-on-crime politicians — Mayor Bruce Harrell, Councilmember Sara Nelson, and City Attorney Ann Davison — came to power in Seattle, riding a wave of backlash to the progressive response to the 2020 George Floyd protests against police violence and frustration with the Covid-19 pandemic. All three politicians were defeated at the ballot box in November, signaling a leftward shift in Seattle voter sentiment, which was presa

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Girmay Zahilay Takes Office as King County Executive, Pledging to be ‘Regional Convener’

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.84. affordable, growth, rent, urban, walk

King County entered a new era Tuesday, as Girmay Zahilay was sworn in as the tenth Executive ever to lead Washington’s largest county government. As the first immigrant and the first millennial to hold the office, Zahilay’s election has been seen as a moment of generational change at a level of local government that often sits in Seattle’s shadow. Zahilay becomes the first new Executive elected to lead King County’s 18,000-employee county government since 2009, when Dow Constantine was first sworn in — ahead of what would be nearly four full terms in the role. After winning his bid to be Sound

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