Tag: Apartments

Apartments articles

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  Vancouver Shows Just How Much It Costs to Ban Apartments

  Driving problems from inequality to sprawl to pollution, restrictions against anything but single-detached houses have to go.

  Oct 9, 2024
  October 9, 2024

  Alex Hemingway

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/alex-hemingway/

  
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  Seattle Deserves a Better Comp Plan

  The city can make three critical fixes to its 20-year growth plan: Let middle housing be bigger, allow apartment buildings in more places, and legalize car-free homes everywhere.

  Apr 18, 2024
  April 18, 2024

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  Yes, Other Places Do Housing Better, Case 3: Paris

  The world’s most improved city for abundant housing in low-carbon neighborhoods

  Jul 26, 2021
  July 26, 2021

  Alan Durning

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/

  

  Executive Director
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  Why’s the Rent So High for New Apartments in Seattle?

  An audit of where the rent check goes reveals the simple answer: Housing is expensive to build and operate.

  Nov 5, 2018
  November 5, 2018

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  What Makes Portland’s New Apartments So Expensive?

  We did the math to see who gets what from a rent check---then explored nine ways to make rents lower over the long term.

  Aug 30, 2018
  August 30, 2018

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

  

  Director, Cities and Towns