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Watching this and knowing how different things would be right now, isn’t sad. It’s infuriating.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

HB 1183 has passed out of Appropriations! Fantastic news! Please take a moment and write or call your WA State legislators to express your support for HB 1183 leg.wa.gov/legislators/

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Just testified before the Washington State Legislature in support of HB 1183, a fantastic bill that will remove barriers to Passive House. 1/ app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This will change housing ownership models drastically. 10-15 years Fed chair says, before mortgages are not available in areas subject to fire or flood…or…earthquake? m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Sl...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s learn from our friends to the north (while we still can…). #socialhousing #ohcanada

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

More than two dozen bills in the #WAleg this session take aim at the state’s housing shortage. Here’s @Sightline.org’s list of solutions to bolster homebuilding and curb costs @Sightline.org www.sightline.org/2025/02/13/w...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Great idea for WA!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Have you noticed how many Seattle Comp Plan public commenters preface anti-housing remarks with “I am a long-time Seattle resident…”? That’s great, but: The Comp Plan is also for people who don’t live here yet.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Anti-housing Councilmembers are not helpful in a housing crisis.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

With all the concern single-family homeowners are expressing about preserving tree canopy in proposed Neighborhood Centers, it’s time to revisit Intersection Trees. Slower traffic, safer crosswalks, 160,000 more trees! harrisonarchitects.com/intersection...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve followed Dr Steingraber’s work for a couple decades now. She continues to raise important questions.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Harrell’s version of the Comp Plan will lock in high housing prices for decades. Don’t fall for it.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

A standalone bill on compact ADA-compliant elevators for small-scale apartments also passed out of the Senate Housing Committee last week. It got bipartisan, unanimous support. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Endorsement: Vote YES on Prop 1A to fund social housing in Seattle www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/01/24/e...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Denser housing should be sprinkled broadly throughout cities. American cities’ obsession with putting denser housing only along arterials is a global aberration and missed opportunity for better communities.

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

American Exceptionalism.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Climate action on the state level is even more important as of today. For those in Washington State, please support HB 1183, which removes barriers to Passive House. Text of the bill: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

I designed this firewise house for the Marshall Fire rebuild in Colorado. The principles—Passive House plus fire-resistant exterior materials and landscaping—are good ones for areas subject to wildfires. harrisonarchitects.com/portfolio_it...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Rebuilding climate-vulnerable neighborhoods, structures and systems in climate-brittle places after climate disasters have destroyed them is simply planning and building out the next climate disaster. alexsteffen.substack.com/p/we-now-liv...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

submitted 53 days ago • 1262 comments

Mason’s quip is a perfect TL;DR for this video’s brilliant 30-minute discussion of what happens when we don’t build enough housing. I can’t recommend this video enough for getting people past the urge to blame development for a problem it’s actually helping to solve. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Fantastic idea. Add a mechanism for self-financing the development of sixplexes, and communities can grow in place. Anti-displacement/pro-development.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

“But we build bike lanes and they’re empty!” —Drivers

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments