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Ripple Effect: a special Soundside episode about housing in greater Seattle

caption: Bunthay Cheam, center right, leads a dinner party conversation on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in South Park.
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Bunthay Cheam, center right, leads a dinner party conversation on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in South Park.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

A quest across greater Seattle to understand how we can grow as a region without forcing people out.

This story first aired as a special episode of KUOW's program Soundside, which you can hear by pressing the "play" button.

You can also read it in abridged form as a four-part series called The Ripple Effect: How Seattle's housing woes push people out and what to do about it.

The series and the audio documentary were reported and written by Joshua McNichols, KUOW’s Growth and Development reporter.

Freelance reporter Bunthay Cheam contributed, and we couldn't have done it without him.

Producers Sarah Leibovitz and Jason Burrows helped mix the audio documentary.

Kamna Shaastri helped with community engagement.

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