Articles about affordable housing

Panel members at Bellevue Chamber forum focusing on space industry

Why housing affordability looms as a final frontier for Seattle area’s space industry

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The biggest applause line at a Bellevue Chamber event focusing on the Seattle area’s space industry came… Read More

Amazon adding $1.4B to its affordable housing fund in Seattle and other regions

Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to its Housing Equity Fund and has pledged to preserve and create an additional 14,000… Read More

Amazon investing $40M in Seattle and elsewhere to help moderate-income families afford homes

Amazon is investing $40 million to help moderate-income families purchase homes in the Seattle area as well as other regions… Read More

Amazon adds another $150M for affordable housing in Seattle area

Amazon will provide $150 million to build and preserve 1,700 units of affordable housing in Seattle and neighboring cities. The… Read More

Amazon allocates $42.5M to build 318 affordable apartments near Seattle area light rail stations

Amazon on Tuesday announced that it has allocated $42.5 million to help pay for the construction of 318 affordable apartments… Read More

Microsoft shares updates on its $750M affordable housing effort as homelessness crisis continues

Roughly 9,200 affordable housing units are being preserved or created in the greater Seattle area thanks to an initiative launched… Read More

Exit interview: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on the pandemic, Amazon, and fighting the city council

To suggest that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan had a pressurized run as the Emerald City’s top elected official is to… Read More

GeekWire interview: Seattle mayoral candidates on tech, talent, taxes, startups, homelessness, and favorite apps

The next Seattle mayor will take over a city going through historic transitions — from a pandemic shutdown to the… Read More

Remote work already changing Seattle permanently, tech worker survey indicates

The majority of Seattle tech workers don’t expect to ever return to their offices full time and the effects of… Read More

Mining its own data, CityBldr builds tool to show cities the best places to build affordable housing

Engineers at CityBldr knew they were sitting on a goldmine of zoning and land data. After all, that’s how the… Read More

Amazon commits $100M to help build affordable housing near Seattle-area light rail stations

Amazon is committing $100 million to help create up to 1,200 affordable housing units across the Puget Sound region as… Read More

Tech companies step up to fund affordable housing, but experts say it’s not enough to curb shortages

Microsoft pledged $500 million for affordable housing in January. Five months later, Google said it would invest $1 billion to… Read More

Microsoft reveals criteria for $500M affordable housing fund as it prepares to take applications

In about a week, Microsoft will begin accepting applications for its pioneering $500 million affordable housing fund. Microsoft Philanthropies Director… Read More

Seattle Children’s opens new community clinic to serve families affected by gentrification

The story of gentrification and skyrocketing housing prices is becoming a well-worn one in Seattle. But here’s an organization you… Read More

Head tax is a ‘redefining moment’ for Seattle and start of a larger discussion, councilmember says

Debate over Seattle’s controversial “head tax” often focuses on what the city is or isn’t doing about a surging homelessness problem… Read More

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round

Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders… Read More

Seattle council committee moves ahead with upzone of International District neighborhood

Legislation to allow taller buildings in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District neighborhood — in exchange for money for affordable housing — is… Read More