Rainier Valley
State Housing Legislation has King County, Other Communities Revising Housing Plans in Next 20 Years
By Kate Snyder Since two years ago when the Washington Legislature changed the way communities are required to plan for housing, municipalities have...
Seattle Office of Housing Invests $7.5MM in 72-Unit Affordable Housing Communities Through Homeownership Initiative
Awardees for 2023 include Homestead Community Land Trust and Rainier Beach Action Coalition, and African Community Housing & Development and Habitat for Humanity...
Wesmar Investments Sells 24-Unit Mixed-Use Building in Seattle for $12.2MM
By Kate Snyder A mixed-use building in Seattle traded hands recently in a continuation of investors’ attraction to the city. The structure is...
OZ Navigator’s 191-Unit Residential Project Makes its Way Through Seattle Design Review Process
By Catherine Sweeney A 191-unit apartment project proposed near Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood is continuing to make its way through the City’s permitting...
Sound Transit Boards Unanimously Vote to Transfer Rainier Valley Properties to City of Seattle at No Cost
Seattle (February 25, 2021) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan issued the following statement upon the Sound Transit Board’s unanimous approval to transfer 10 Sound Transit properties at no cost to the City...
Mayor Durkan Statement on Sound Transit’s Unanimous Vote to Transfer Properties to City of Seattle at No Cost for the Development of Approximately 150 Affordable Homes in Rainier Valley
Seattle (October 22, 2020) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan celebrated the Sound Transit board’s unanimous vote to authorize the transfer of ten surplus properties in Rainier Valley to the City of Seattle at no cost, for affordable...
Design Review Board Recommends Othello Square’s Opportunity Center Move Forward to MUP Application
By Bekka Wiedenmeyer Seattle’s historic Rainier Valley has provided a welcoming community for a diverse group of people for more than 100 years,...
139-Unit “Apodment” Building Approved in Seattle’s Rainier Valley
By Meghan Hall Seattle has experienced unprecedented population growth in recent years as major employers such as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft expand...
