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Housing

Zillow launches tool to help Seattleites exiting homelessness find affordable housing

Zillow Group launched a new tool Thursday to help people experiencing homelessness in Seattle connect with affordable housing options. The… Read More

Seattle’s socialist City Councilmember introduces new ‘Amazon tax’ to raise $300M/year for affordable public housing

Amazon’s tax bill has become a lightning rod in a nationwide debate over economic inequity and Seattle is on the… Read More

Officials in Seattle and Washington state clash over business tax to address homelessness crisis

Officials in Seattle and Washington state are wrestling over a proposed tax on companies like Amazon and Microsoft that would… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft back proposed business tax in breakthrough for fight against homelessness

The Seattle-area business community is throwing its weight behind a proposal to tax high-paying companies in the region to fund… Read More

Proposed tax seeks $121M a year from Amazon, Microsoft and other big Seattle-area companies to address homelessness

Washington state lawmakers are considering a new regional tax that would raise an estimated $121 million a year from some… Read More

Microsoft adds $250 million to Seattle housing pledge, bringing total commitment to $750M

Microsoft is increasing its spending on affordable housing and homelessness philanthropy in the Seattle area by 50 percent. The company… Read More

Blokable expands to California in new chapter for the innovative multi-family housing developer

After building its foundation in Washington state, Blokable is scaling in California. The Seattle startup that takes a novel approach… Read More

What ’60 Minutes’ didn’t say about Amazon and Seattle’s homelessness crisis

The tent cities that spring up in the shadows of some of the world’s wealthiest tech companies landed on “60… Read More

How Microsoft is approaching the Seattle region’s affordable housing crisis

When several Seattle business leaders decided to take on the region’s confounding housing crisis, they did their due diligence. Microsoft… Read More

How Apple’s new $2.5B housing initiative stacks up vs. Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants

For years, fast-growing tech companies have drawn criticism for housing crises that have swelled in Seattle, and the San Francisco… Read More

Facebook launches $1B affordable housing initiative, joining tech peers trying to close the gap

Big tech companies are spending big money to address the affordable housing shortage plaguing their communities. The latest is Facebook,… Read More

Microsoft reveals first affordable housing investment of $500M initiative

Microsoft announced the first loan it will grant as part of its $500 million affordable housing initiative Thursday, seven months… Read More

Why this sustainability-focused real estate developer is taking a cue from Steve Jobs

Green Canopy doesn’t fit neatly into one box. It’s an innovator but not a tech company. It’s an environmental organization… Read More

Amazon HQ2 becomes nation’s most competitive region for home buyers as Seattle market cools

Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person… Read More

Modular smart-home startup Blokable raises $23M, plans new California manufacturing facility

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities 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

Cost of living study ranks Seattle as fifth most expensive U.S. city to live in

A study looking at the cost of living in 257 cities across the United States has ranked Seattle as the… Read More

With $1.1M commitment, AT&T is latest tech company to address Seattle’s homelessness crisis

AT&T is donating a total of $1.1 million to Seattle-area nonprofits focused on tackling homelessness, food insecurity, and equity. The… Read More

With support of Amazon, new fund lets everyday tech workers invest in affordable housing

Skyrocketing housing prices, crippling traffic, and widening income inequality are making U.S. cities difficult places for everyday Americans to live.… Read More

Affordable housing campaign raises $48.8M from Microsoft, Amazon, Ballmers, and others to combat homelessness in Seattle region

A new campaign to build affordable housing for Seattle residents experiencing homelessness received a big boost from the tech industry.… Read More

Amazon donates $8M for affordable housing in ‘HQ regions,’ launches employee matching program

Amazon is donating a total of $8 million across Seattle and Arlington, Va., to non-profits that provide housing for people… Read More

Real estate investors bet on tech hubs to withstand economic downturns, study finds

Real estate investors are banking on cities with robust tech industries. A new report from real estate company JLL finds… Read More

Microsoft treads cautiously as it plans to deploy $500M affordable housing fund in Seattle region

Microsoft made a big splash in January with the surprise announcement of a $500 million commitment to increase the supply… Read More

Real estate startup Loftium pivots to rentals, stops offering down payments for share of Airbnb profits

Loftium, the Seattle real estate startup that helped people buy homes in exchange for renting out an extra room on… Read More

Seattle housing

Seattle is second toughest housing market in the U.S. for first-time buyers, Zillow reports

The days are warming up, but will Seattle’s housing market recapture its status as the nation’s hottest? For at least… Read More

Tableau launches $1.3M initiative to ‘eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness’ in 50 US cities

Tableau is launching a new initiative to tackle homelessness in the latest example of the tech industry taking on the… Read More

Seattle

Is cooling of Seattle housing market already over? Redfin report shows spike in pending sales

Two months after predicting that tech hubs like Seattle could be in for a big real estate cooldown in 2019,… Read More

Amazon’s birthplace for sale: Home where Jeff Bezos started company listed for nearly $1.5M

Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox. Amazon’s first home, a residential property at… Read More

Downtown Seattle Association CEO: Tech industry ‘unfairly blamed’ for housing crisis

Downtown Seattle has added 85,000 jobs since 2010, and nine out of 10 of new jobs in the city are technology-related.… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia and other tech giants urge Washington state to pass eviction reform

Seattle’s biggest tech companies are throwing their weight behind legislation that would reform how landlords in Washington state handle evictions.… Read More

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