Social housing news: Washington
Coverage of the movement for social housing in the United States.
Seattle, WA
Seattle social housing developer to acquire first apartment building
Axios Seattle · axios.com
A useful breakdown of who actually gets the units: the first 15 go to the lowest-income households, the next 45 to households earning up to 50% of area median income, with half the building ultimately affordable. The mixed-income model in practice.
Seattle, WA
Seattle Social Housing Developer acquires first building near Pike Place Market
The Urbanist · theurbanist.org
The board approved a $60.9 million purchase of Elara at the Market, a 150-unit Belltown building, moving it from private ownership into public hands. Three years after voters created the developer, this is the first building it will actually operate.