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Seattle tech leaders push for more middle-income housing to ‘move the needle’ on affordability

Tech and business leaders in the Seattle region are proposing a new plan to build middle-income housing and alleviate the… Read More

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Amazon and Microsoft diverge on approach to housing crisis in their home region

As two of the world’s most valuable companies, Amazon and Microsoft have created mind-boggling wealth and economic vitality in the… Read More

Can Big Tech solve the housing crisis? The politics of private companies taking on public issues

Big tech companies are stepping in to help solve the housing crunch in the face of mounting frustration from their… Read More

Q&A: What Microsoft President Brad Smith hopes to accomplish with new $500M housing fund

Over the past decade, the Seattle area has been adding jobs much faster than housing, resulting in much more demand… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith on $500M housing pledge: ‘We want our success to support the region’

Microsoft President Brad Smith formally announced the company’s unprecedented $500 million commitment to support affordable housing development in the Seattle… Read More

Microsoft commits $500M to address affordable housing and homelessness in the Seattle region

Microsoft is dedicating $500 million to fund construction of affordable homes and homeless services in the Seattle region in an effort… Read More

Why San Francisco’s big business tax for homeless relief succeeded after Seattle’s crumbled

Two tech hubs, two crises of homelessness, two taxes on big business, two very different outcomes. San Francisco voters on… Read More

In a tiny Seattle apartment, the bed is on the ceiling, and that’s part of what makes it a smart home

In a small apartment just a couple blocks from the waterfront in downtown Seattle, windows looking south over the Alaskan… Read More

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

Seattle surrenders title of nation’s hottest housing market, as Las Vegas overtakes tech powerhouses

Seattle’s 21-month run as the nation’s hottest housing market is over. Las Vegas topped the Case Shiller U.S. National Home… Read More

Is the tide turning on tech’s boom? Seattle’s hot real estate market finally cools in new Zillow report

Smoky skies may have kept us from seeing this one coming, but during the hottest time of the year in… Read More

Homelessness and jobs: What the numbers say

Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s… 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

Redfin’s new ‘Compete Score’ ranks markets based on competition for homes and Seattle is toughest

Redfin has launched a new feature called Compete Score to help home buyers better understand what they’re up against when… Read More

Zillow analysis finds Seattle among top cities in U.S. where it pays to move away from urban core

Big tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook have made setting up shop in the heart of Seattle all… Read More

The cities making a dent in homelessness — and what Seattle can learn from them

Columbus, Ohio and Seattle, Wash. have more in common than you might think. They’re similar in population size: about 800,000… Read More

Amazon HQ2 is still a mystery, but this real estate startup already plans to expand to the winning city

Bryan Copley remembers “the day that the last single-family residence in South Lake Union was bulldozed.” The CityBldr CEO has… Read More

You asked, we’ll answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate

Over the past week, readers from GeekWire and The Evergrey have shared their genuine curiosities and questions about one of… Read More

Co-living startup Common moves into Seattle with dorm-style housing for adults

Cities across the country are contending with housing affordability issues, especially in regions with booming tech economies where high-paid newcomers… Read More

Ex-Peach execs launch tech-powered escrow startup Modus to make home closing less ‘painful’

Alex Day had already been chatting about getting into real estate with his colleague, Jai Sim, at the lunch delivery… Read More

#SeaHomeless Q&A: GeekWire and The Evergrey want to hear your questions about Seattle homelessness

We’re half-way through 2018 and so far in Seattle, the year has been defined by a fierce debate over how… Read More

Paul Allen-backed Blokable delivers first unit as part of housing project in Seattle suburb

Blokable, the Seattle startup looking to transform how housing is developed, delivered its first unit as part of a larger… Read More

Seattle trails only Bay Area cities when it comes to greatest profits for home sellers, Zillow finds

Buying a home in Seattle these days is no easy task, thanks to low inventory and competition among the many… Read More

Housing markets across the country show dire warning signs — in West Coast tech hubs, it’s worse

Housing in America is getting more expensive, disproportionately burdening middle- and low-income people, and perpetuating wealth inequality. Those dynamics are… Read More

Seattle ‘out of reach’ for many as new report details the big salary needed to afford a small apartment

In order to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle, you’re going to need to make $61,160 a year. If you… Read More

Seattle businesses rejected tax as ‘wrong approach’ to homeless crisis — now what will they do?

The dramatic defeat of a new business tax designed to alleviate Seattle’s dire homelessness crisis was seen as a victory… Read More

Blokable aims to solve housing affordability crisis with ‘housing development as a service’ model

Blokable has set its sights on fixing what its leaders deem a broken U.S. housing market. The Seattle startup pulled… Read More

Seattle repeals head tax 7-2 in dramatic reversal that leaves city divided over homeless crisis

Seattle’s new per-employee tax on large businesses to fund affordable housing is officially dead, bringing an end to one of… Read More

Homes sell faster in Seattle than in any other U.S. real estate market, according to Trulia report

When a for sale sign went into the yard of the house across the street from mine recently, I figured… Read More

TLDR: Judge rules Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, backyard cottages & urban housing crisis, Russell Wilson’s new show on TraceMe

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