Seattle Deserves a Better Comp Plan
Takeaways Seattle is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan, its 20-year roadmap for growth. Unfortunately, its proposals on the housing front fall far short of what the city ...
Author: Dan Bertolet
Boiseās New Zoning Code Sparks Surge in Permits for ADUs
Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Removing regulatory barriers to building small homes drives new construction, but it ...
Author: Daniel Malarkey
Itās (Past) Time for British Columbia to Legalize Roommates
Takeaways British Columbia has made great strides in recent years opening up more homes, in all shapes and sizes, to address its severe housing shortage and resulting unaffordability. Unfortunately, one ...
Author: Daniel Oleksiuk
Washingtonās 2024 Short-Session Housing Wins
Takeaways If 2023 was Washingtonās āYear of Housing,ā 2024 was a short-session victory lap rapidly adding measures to complement 2023ās wins. The legislature passed measures to re-legalize co-living homes, allow ...
Author: Dan Bertolet
The Missing Piece of Oregonās Housing Package: Legalizing Apartments
This article is part of the series Housing Every Oregonian Takeaways In 2023, Oregon Gov. Kotek proposed a bill that would have loosened the many barriers to apartments in local ...
Author: Michael Andersen
British Columbia Just Took First Place in Pro-Housing Policy
Takeaways For years, opponents of transit and infill housing in British Columbia mostly succeeded in blocking new homes and transit lines, driving up the provinceās notoriously high home prices and ...
Author: Daniel Oleksiuk
A Housing Agenda for Oregon: More Homes without Higher Prices
This article is part of the series Housing Every Oregonian Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Oregon is ...
Author: Michael Andersen
Anchorage Removes Barriers to Small Multifamily Homes
Takeaways Leaders in Alaskaās largest city just freed triplex and fourplex homes from a slew of regulatory barriers that made them challenging or impossible to build. The changes align regulations ...
Author: Jeannette Lee
Washington Bill Would Legalize Low-cost āCo-livingā Homes
Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. UPDATESMarch 19: Governor Inslee signed HB 1998.Feb. 22:Ā HB 1998 passed the Senate ...
Author: Dan Bertolet
One Year In and One Year Out: An Update on Portland Charter Reform
Takeaways With the help of independent commissions and many partnerships, the city has crafted new districts, revised election rules, planned for voter education, and designed a new organizational structure. Community ...
