Category Archives: Housing Preservation

The Showbox victory demonstrates the value of good old fashioned people power: our take on what happened

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

While the City Council’s unanimous decision to add the Showbox to the Market Historic District was not permanent, the theater gets a 10-month reprieve and time to come up with a longterm fix – But what about dozens of existing low … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Density, Gentrification, Housing Preservation, Neighborhoods, Upzoning

Highrises for the wealthy while in their shadow; more homelessness and human suffering

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

Joe Martin, homeless advocate and social worker for 40 years with the Pike Market Clinic, writes about the growing divide between rich and poor in this county, the causes of homelessness, and his hope for change In the Seattle Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Housing, Displacement, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing Preservation, Uncategorized

Homelessness: city leaders blindly push more growth while denying their actions cause massive displacement

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

John Fox, Director of the Seattle Displacement Coalition, writes “we can add more subsidized housing until we’re blue in the face but we’re losing 3-4 units of existing unsubsidized housing for every subsidized one we build.”   We’ve said it many … Continue reading →

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Posted in Affordable Housing, City Hall, Density, Displacement, Homelessness, Housing Preservation, Uncategorized

Historic Sheridan building in downtown faces demolition; under old housing bonus program the developer was required to replace these 56 low cost units… but not under HALA-MHA

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

The incentive zoning or ‘housing bonus’ system in place for years required developers to replace 1 for 1 any low cost housing they demolished as a condition for increasing the height and density of their buildings. The new HALA-Mandatory Housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Housing, Density, Displacement, Housing Preservation, Upzoning

The good, bad and ugly: a look back at Seattle politics in 2017 and towards an uncertain future for 2018

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

by Carolee Colter and John V. Fox, reprinted from our January column appearing monthly in City Living and other Pacific Publishing newspapers  They were the best of times; they were the worst of times. Okay, looking back over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Displacement, Housing Preservation, racial justice, Upzoning

Art, activism and Vanishing Seattle

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Cynthia Brothers reflects on the politics of art and the art of politics by George Howland Jr, Contributing Writer Cynthia Brothers, 36, is an artist and an activist. The main outlet for her art is Vanishing Seattle, a social media … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Housing, City Hall, Density, Displacement, Gentrification, George Howland articles, Housing Preservation, Neighborhoods, Politics, Protest, racial justice, Upzoning

Humbows not hotels

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

The Chinatown-International District Coalition fights against 1,600 market-rate residences and hotel rooms flooding their neighborhood By Cliff Cawthon, Contributing Writer On November 19, the Chinatown-International District (CID) Coalition (also known as Humbows Not Hotels) hosted a community meeting about developer-driven … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Housing, City Hall, Cliff Cawthon articles, Housing Preservation, Neighborhoods, Politics, Protest, Resistance, Upzoning