Seattle is facing an affordable housing crisis and rent control got kicked around as a possible solution during a Town Hall debate on Monday night. City Councilmembers Kshama Sawant and Nick ...

As Seattle’s population rapidly grows, the city faces a mounting housing crisis marked by rising rents, limited affordable ...

Local Politics News Northwest Project Homeless Puget Sound Real Estate Seattle’s affordable housing industry is in crisis. City faces tough choices June 17, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated June 17, 2025 ...

the government could make huge headway in solving the rental affordability crisis. The most obvious option would be to expand the existing Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as Section 8. The ...

Not so long ago, Seattle was one of the more affordable places to rent or buy compared with other cities along the West Coast. No more. As my colleague Sanjay Bhatt reported last week, investors ...

— Seattle City Council (@SeattleCouncil) March 19, 2018 The ban comes as Seattle is navigating an affordable housing crisis driven by strong job growth in tech and other sectors.

Advocates say that rent stabilization is the key to relief, but efforts to do so died in the 2023 legislative session.

SEATTLE (KOMO) — Seattle city leaders are asking voters to approve a housing levy to build 3,000 new affordable housing units and fund other initiatives to help address the housing and ...

What Spear means by rent control is the second-generation version tied to inflation and market rates. But she argues that in order for rent control to work in Seattle, it must apply to all new ...

SEATTLE — Seattle is on track to ban landlords’ use of controversial rent-setting software that has been under legal fire for years.

Living with a crisis of affordable housing Monopolies of homebuilders are contributing to a housing crunch in the U.S., preventing millions of residents from buying a home, says Johns Hopkins ...