Policy

Grappling With State-Mandated Density, Sharp Local Pushback

Seattle is deep into a big push to reshape its housing landscape: Dismantling single-family zoning to comply with Washington’s 2023 law that legalizes middle housing. Richard Lawson examines how the One Seattle Plan could double capacity and create 120,000 new homes. But not without a fight.

Architecture

ADUs Come Of Age In A Higher-For-Longer Era

As more municipalities ease residential zoning, offering optional ADU spaces in new homes that can be rented out is one way for homebuyers to supplement their income and offset their mortgage payment.

Architecture

Last Crisis, Builders Blasted Into 2020s Tech — Next Up Now?

In the building technology, finance, real estate, and policy axis lie solutions consumer households will embrace and value 'for financial reasons.'