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Washington Bill Would Legalize Low-cost “Co-living” Homes
180 Sites Account for a Quarter of Cascadia’s Carbon Pollution
One Year In and One Year Out: An Update on Portland Charter Reform
How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
Sightliners’ 2023 Giving Tuesday Recommendations
Is the Permitting Process for Transmission Lines Really Broken?
Lessons for Washington State Leaders as Another US Oil Refinery Closes
One of Washington’s Anti-Climate Initiatives, 2066, Eked Out a Victory. Why?
Four Ways Gov.-elect Ferguson and Washington Lawmakers Can Build on the State’s Big Climate Win
Correcting the Record on Initiative 2066
The Contradiction of a Split Vote on Washington’s Anti-Climate Ballot Initiatives
(Re)explaining Washington’s Climate Commitment Act
Voters in Southwest Portland Neighborhoods Have More Influence on City Council Elections than Those East of 82nd Avenue
Portland: Why Risk Gerrymandering When You Could Go Proportional?
Want to Give Portlanders of Color a Voice on City Council? Districts Won’t Help
Everything You Wanted to Know about Portland Charter Review but Were Afraid to Ask
Some Good News on State Voting Rights Bills
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent
Three Ways Anchorage Leaders Could Unlock More Homes
Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare
In Race after Race, People Keep Electing Pro-Housing Politicians
To Fix Inclusionary Zoning, Fund It
Vancouver Shows Just How Much it Costs to Ban Apartments
Video: Housing Solutions Are Climate Solutions
Poll: Washington Voters Out Ahead Of Local Leaders On Zoning Reforms
Video: Zoning for All Kinds of Affordable Homes
Recipes for Successful Abundant Housing Communications
How to Tear Down the Invisible Walls in Your City’s Zoning Code
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Parking, zoning, sprawl, pollution, property rights, commutes, rents, and home prices—they all intersect where a legacy of exclusionary rules and regulations restrict homebuilding and fuel our housing shortage. Hear from Dan Bertolet, Catie Gould, Michael Andersen, and others exploring solutions for low-carbon, affordable, accessible cities and towns.
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