Incumbent Bruce Harrell will face challenger Katie Wilson in the Nov. 4 general election for Seattle mayor. Wilson, a ...

Seattle’s housing scene is defined by high prices and shrinking apartments, leaving many people feeling both financially ...

Large metro areas across the U.S. are seemingly facing the same obstacle — a shortage of housing inventory that is clashing with rising population levels, which serves to push the cost of living ...

Ask Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate at the University of Washington, what causes homelessness, and he’ll tell you that it’s not poverty, drug addiction or mental illness. To find the ...

My work in Seattle on affordable housing issues dates to 1969. After graduating with a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Washington, I became the first housing planner at the ...

Confronting the problem of affordable housing isn’t new for the Seattle area, but dynamics in the local and national economy are making constructive responses more difficult. Consider Seattle in 1980.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. A recent Seattle Times article (Renting in Seattle area to get harder as ...

Ballots are out, and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is fighting to keep his seat against progressive organizer Katie Wilson, who ...

SEATTLE — In a televised debate, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell tried to stress his experience in city politics while his challenger Katie Wilson painted him as out-of-touch with voters. The hour long, ...

Grant Hindsley for The New York Times Ms. Wilson’s housing-heavy platform and social media ... and then rode Greyhound buses ...