YIMBY News for 5/16

[Eric Budd]

Help Site the New Green Lake Community Center in Seattle Parks’ Survey

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 46.44. bike lane, building, bus service, city, construction, demand, density, design, development, displace, growth, house, housing, land, mixed-use, mobility, multi-modal, multimodal, parking, parking garage, plan, project, protected bike lane, redevelop, rent, single-family, traffic, transit, transportation, urban, walk, zone, zoning

In March, work began on site analysis and predesign for the Green Lake Community Center/Pool redevelopment. The existing community center is over 90 years old. Seattle Parks and Recreation intends on demolishing and replacing the old facility. Designs for a new community center are meant to meet the growing demand on one of Seattle’s most iconic parks. This month, Seattle Parks and Recreation began their online open house and returned with six potential site options. The organization has id

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Housing in Brief: Renters Struggle with Housing, Food, and Healthcare Costs

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.44. affordable, affordable housing, building, city, construction, demand, developer, development, dwelling, home, homeless, homeowner, housing, housing crisis, income, land, market-rate, middle-income, municipal, neighborhood, plan, project, properties, rent, renter, urban

(Image by soumen82hazra from Pixabay ) *Renters Struggle with Bills, But Most Paid Rent* Related Stories - Housing in Brief: The Case for Rental Assistance - Housing in Brief: Washington, DC, Passes Tenant Protection Package - Philly and Boston Will Help Some Low-Income Tenants Pay Rent - Philly Applies a ‘Light Touch’ to Get Dollars Flowing for Middle-Income Homes Almost half of renters in the United States reported experiencing a “material hardship” in the early days of

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What the Pandemic Can Teach Us About Tackling Homelessness

CityLab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.84. affordable, affordable housing, cities, city, development, displace, home, homeless, house, housing, land, neighborhood, project, property, regional, rent, sustainable

We have heard for too long that there is no true solution to homelessness, with excuse after excuse on why we just can’t do it. Well, guess what? During this pandemic — in many places — homelessness reforms that were long deemed implausible are happening, if only temporarily. Over the last two months, cities have been showing just what it takes to expand capacity and safely house the homeless. Winter shelters have remained opened, public property has been converted to shelters, housing nav

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