Three Ways Anchorage Leaders Could Unlock More Homes
$524,000. That’s the average price of a home built for one family in Anchorage today. The average cost of new single-detached house is even steeper: $683,000. These prices, astronomical for ...
Author: Jeannette Lee
Portland Voters are Shifting into a Higher Gear
Takeaways By now, many Portlanders have received and opened their ballots to vote in this November’s election. For the first time, they see a grid ballot where they can choose up to ...
Author: Shannon Grimes
To Fix Inclusionary Zoning, Fund It
Takeaways On Labor Day weekend, Sound Transit opened four more stops of its light rail line north of Seattle. But when I took my inaugural ride, I had my eye ...
Author: Dan Bertolet
An “Incredible Explosion in Participation”
When Seattleites overwhelmingly voted to adopt the democracy voucher program in 2015—a system of publicly financed vouchers for residents to donate to local candidates—they became national leaders in campaign finance ...
Author: Jennifer Heerwig
Four Ways Context Matters for Wildfire News Coverage
Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. News is news. And fire is fire. But coverage of wildfires ...
Author: Kate Anderson
Five Reasons Four-Story Apartment Buildings Are Good
Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. They’re naturally inexpensive. They’re often islands of physical accessibility. They’re supremely ...
Author: Michael Andersen
Can We Go Beyond Car Primacy—To Policymaking that Serves People and Places First?
Anna Zivarts is a low-vision non-driver, a mom, and an advocate for transportation, housing affordability, and disability mobility rights. She was born with the neurological condition nystagmus — which, for ...
Author: Anna Zivarts
Audit Stretches to Find Trouble in Portland’s Affordability Mandate
Takeaways Auditors identified some legitimate problems with how Portland has administered its housing affordability mandate. Auditors also offered some policy suggestions that might or might not be good ideas. The ...
Author: Michael Andersen
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Seattle’s Comp Plan draft needs 3 big housing fixes
SEATTLE, WA – Seattle’s draft Comprehensive Plan, released earlier this month and laying out city leadership’s vision for the next 20 years of growth, is sorely insufficient in its housing ...
