Proposal On Microhousing: Let People Choose

July 22, 2014 Dear Councilmember O’Brien, Thank you very much for patiently engaging all sides on the microhousing issue. We understand that it is difficult to navigate to compromise or consensus on this challenging issue. However, as a city poised over the next 20 years to welcome 120,000 new people, we must find solutions to […]

Why Small Houses Matter

I recently watched an episode of the FYI Network‘s new small-home reality show, Tiny House Nation, a show hosted by renovation experts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin. Weisbarth and Giffin travel the country helping families design and build tiny homes. The homes can be in the city or the country, mobile or stationary, but they […]

Video: Will They Keep Making it Worse?

Today Smart Growth Seattle begins a banner ad and pre-roll ad campaign to highlight what the Seattle City Council has been doing and not doing to increase the supply and choice of housing in the city. You can see the full video above, and you can sign the petition on the petition page. Our intention […]