Seattle Office of Housing
Seattle Apartment Market ‘Treading Water’ as Deputy Mayor Calls JumpStart Tax a ‘Slush Fund’
At the Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team's fall investor forum, Kidder Mathews' Dylan Simon described a Puget Sound apartment market stuck between flat...
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...
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...
Mayor Wilson Appoints Kelli Larsen as Director of Seattle Office of Housing
Mayor Katie B. Wilson has tapped a five-year veteran of the Seattle Office of Housing, Kelli Larsen, to run the agency and execute...
Demolition Begins on 438-Unit Affordable Housing Project Near Mount Baker Station
Demolition crews have started clearing the north parcel of Seattle's long-planned Mount Baker Redevelopment Sites, marking the first visible construction activity on a...
Seattle Office of Housing Opens $110MM NOFA for Affordable Rental Housing Development
A $110 million NOFA opens Seattle's second annual levy-funded round under Mayor Wilson, smaller than last year's record but paired with a second...
Seattle Shelves 80% MHA Fee Cut as Builders Say 30 Stalled Projects and 6,000 Homes Hang in the Balance
A nonprofit coalition's abrupt reversal killed the summer timeline for Seattle's proposed two-year Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction, stranding a compromise that market-rate...
SRM and Urban League Cut Ribbon on 207-Home Altaire at Jackson Park in North Seattle
The North Seattle community, backed by Amazon, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission and the Seattle Office of Housing, targets workforce renters earning...
Demolition Underway on Stalled Bellevue Hotel Foundation, Clearing Path for 146-Unit SRM Affordable Project
The teardown ends a nearly six-year stall on a 4.5-acre Mercer Slough-adjacent site and triggers Phase II of an Amazon-backed development designed to...
Private Capital Tightens Grip on Washington Multifamily as Pierce County Heats Up
A Berkadia Q1 2026 report shows mid-market investors driving deal flow, institutional buyers retreating to scale plays, and a coming delivery cliff setting...
BRIDGE Housing Opens 84-Unit St. Luke’s Apartments, Bringing First Affordable Housing to Seattle’s Ballard in Over Two Decades
The eight-story community, developed on land owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, will serve households earning up to 60 percent of Area...
Mercy Housing and Lake City Collective Advance Developments Bringing 112 Affordable Units and Multicultural Resilience Center to Seattle
The paired developments — one a first-of-its-kind city partnership co-locating affordable housing atop a public community center, the other a BIPOC-led cultural hub...
