More than half the population of Seattle is made up of renters, writes the author. With downtown Seattle in the background, mixed-income project Yesler Towers is pictured under construction. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times, 2023)
Social housing is well on its way to delivering on its promises to Seattle
There’s been a lot going on with social housing in Seattle, and everyone seems to have an opinion about it. In a sense, that’s a good thing. We want the public to pay attention to what the Seattle Social Housing Developer — the Public Development Authority established in 2023 to build social housing in the city — is doing. After all, a majority of the public voted to establish this new agency, and so it only makes sense that people have a vested interest in our work.