Affordable Housing
BRIDGE Housing Wins AA Rating from S&P, Setting the High-Water Mark for Nonprofit Housing Developers
S&P Global Ratings lifted BRIDGE Housing Corp.'s issuer credit rating and the rating on its outstanding debt to AA from AA-, rewarding the...
Bellwether Housing Lists 85-Unit Olive Tower Across From Seattle Convention Center for $8.5MM
Bellwether Housing has put its 14-story Olive Tower on the block at $8.5 million, offering investors a rare shot at an 85-unit downtown...
Kirkland Pays $10MM for 16,000 SQFT Former Latter-day Saints Church
The City of Kirkland had plans to use it for recreation programs while it weighs a pool, a second gym or affordable housing...
Hacienda CDC, YWCA Clark County Plan Up to 90 Affordable Homes and New Headquarters on Vancouver’s Main Street
Hacienda CDC and YWCA Clark County plan an 80- to 90-unit affordable housing campus with a new 30,000-square-foot YWCA facility on Vancouver's Main...
SCIDpda Begins Demolition for $30MM, 60-Unit Affordable Project at Former Spic ‘n Span Site in Seattle
The eight-story building planned on a contaminated former dry-cleaner site would add scarce family-sized affordable apartments to the neighborhood, but construction isn't expected...
Construction Ongoing for Edge Developers’ 70-Unit Affordable Project for El Centro de la Raza on Seattle’s Beacon Hill
The seven-story building next to the Beacon Hill light rail station will add studios through four-bedroom apartments for households earning 30 to 60...
Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on 50-Home True North Homeownership Community in North Portland’s University Park
Habitat for Humanity Portland Region and a coalition of public and nonprofit partners will formally launch True North, a 50-townhome development in University...
Mayor Wilson’s $9.1B Seattle Budget Spares Employers a JumpStart Hike, Tightens the Screws on Apartment Fees
Mayor Katie B. Wilson's first proposed budget closes an inherited $175 million General Fund gap through spending cuts rather than a JumpStart payroll...
Seattle Social Housing Developer Pauses Lowest-Income Applications at 150-Unit Elara to Build Out Support Services
The voter-created agency behind Seattle's social housing experiment has temporarily stopped taking applications from its lowest-income prospective tenants at its first building, Elara...
Seattle Revives MHA Fee Break of Up to 80% to Jump-Start 5,672 Stalled Housing Units
Two months after a nearly identical deal collapsed, Councilmember Dionne Foster has reintroduced a Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction — now branded the...
City of Bellevue Approves Koz’s 188-Unit Micro-Apartment Project in BelRed
Bellevue approves Koz Development's 188-unit Koz on BelRed, with 76 percent of units set aside as affordable micro-apartments.
Bellevue Approves Su Development’s 27-Story 205 Tower as Affordable Units Drop 72%
Bellevue approves Su Development's 27-story 205 Tower, though its affordable units have fallen from 29 to just 8 since 2025.
