Bay Area residents looking for homes in Seattle BY JOHN COOK on May 25, 20154 Comments One of the most interesting trends we’ve tracked at GeekWire over the past few years is the arrival in Seattle of what we dub the Silicon Valley tech giants. Huge… Read More[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Housing Market’
May 22nd, 2015 - 12:14 pm § in Misc.
The LRID: Better than Mother-in-Law Apartments
I have mixed feelings about the proposal to create mother-in-law apartments in my (expensive) neighborhood. Similar neighborhoods in Boston and Chicago seem to be developing multistory buialdings that fit in with single family homes. I do not know how these buildings are bing built but it seems[...]
May 22nd, 2015 - 7:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
FACEBOOK: Does Seattle Need To Build Poorhouses?
Sarajane Siegfriedt FACEBOOK Erica C. Barnett wrote, “Cognitive dissonance is strong with these candidates. Most of the eight had no problem saying they want to see lots more affordable housing in one breath, and saying that they also support higher taxes on all new development in the next.&#[...]
May 21st, 2015 - 7:28 am § in The Ave Scene
Small, Rational Steps To Help Seattle’s Crisis of Affordable Rentals
From the Stranger: Fix the just cause eviction rules. Close the tenant relocation assistance loophole. Make landlords give tenants more notice in “no-fault” evictions.[...]
May 17th, 2015 - 9:39 am § in Misc.
Affordable Housing in “Seattle”
(Dave Meinert, FACEBOOK) When I hear people complain about housing costs in Seattle, I often wonder why more people don’t move to Burien where you can buy a one bedroom condo and have a $548 per month payment, or buy a 3 bedroom house and have $1700 per month or lower payment. Same goes for [&[...]
May 13th, 2015 - 11:08 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Of Sawant and Apartheid: Electing a City Council in Seattle
At a Black church, there were not more than a dozen or so Black faces. Last night we went to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church to hear the “debate” between candidates for Seattle City Council from this District. The event struck me as a tribute to Apartheid and Demagoguery. Seattle’s a[...]
UW Architecture Prof Blames Corporations For Housing Problem
Responding to a post at the AAUP listserv: Sharon E. Sutton Professor, Department of Architecture was distressed about the NY Times report that claims to show long term poverty may be addressed by people moving to certain cities .. including Seattle. Her key comments were: That this, and other stu[...]
May 4th, 2015 - 10:28 pm § in Misc.
Should Poor Kids’ Families Move to Seattle?
“The (study)concluded that children who moved before they were teenagers did indeed benefit economically.” A large new study reported by the NY Times has surprising praise for us. Seattle, King County and especially Snohomish County are great places for poor kids to grow up! .[...]
April 25th, 2015 - 9:01 pm § in The Ave Scene
WHY NOT? .. Imagine living here!
Just a few months ago Washington State and Seattle struggled to find a tenant for this amazing building .. the iconic and historic former United States Public Health Service Hospital on Beacon Hill! After Amazon moved to SLU, no commercial tenant wanted the place. So the powers that be filled the[...]
CHINA: A Communist Approach to Affordable Housing In a Capitalist Real Estate Market
While Seattle approaches its housing issue by building dormitories s for workers podments, — Last year Beijing made nearly 1,880 affordable commercial apartments available to buyers, rekindling average income-earners’ hopes of having a house of their own. BEIJING, June 23 2014 (Xinhu[...]