Housing

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Government

Seattle steps in to foot bill for migrants living in hotel

A group of about 200 migrants seeking asylum will be allowed to remain at a hotel — at least for now.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Business

Why some Seattle area seniors are choosing dorm-sized apartments

There’s an old kind of housing – that’s making a comeback. It’s kind of like a dorm for adults, but where people have their own bathrooms. The epicenter of this micro-housing renaissance is in Redmond and Kirkland. And it’s getting noticed by lawmakers - and seniors.
Joshua McNichols
Business

Booming: Dorms for adults, Boeing in 'Jaws' territory, plus home size quiz

Seattle is running out of room. Could tiny, Tokyo-style apartments be part of the solution?
Joshua McNichols

Monica Nickelsburg

Lucy Soucek
Business

2023 was the worst year to buy a house since the 1990s. But there's hope for 2024

Realtors hope it will be easier to buy a house in 2024. It can't get much harder: last year was one of the slowest on record thanks to high mortgage rates coupled with a housing shortage.
Chris Arnold
Politics

Tukwila asylum-seekers take refuge in hotels as permanent shelter, warmer weather evades them

Following last week’s cold snap, asylum-seekers temporarily housed in hotels were supposed to head back to their camp near a Tukwila church. Instead, around 100 tried to stay past check-out time at the Homewood Suites in Tukwila, until other temporary housing was secured.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Business

How can Seattleites benefit from economic booms and weather the busts? KUOW podcast 'Booming' launches Jan. 24

"Booming" is an economy podcast from a city that (almost) never stops growing.
Joshua McNichols

Monica Nickelsburg
Environment

At least 5 people in Seattle died from hypothermia during the extreme cold

King County officials report at least five people have died in Seattle since Thursday due to exposure to extreme cold. Subfreezing temperatures and a bit of snow hit Western Washington over the weekend as thousands of people struggle to survive outside.
Casey Martin
Homeless people in Seattle endure brutal winter cold, 'one night at a time'

Temperatures in Western Washington plummeted this week with daytime highs well below freezing. Some homeless people living outside in Seattle are finding shelter as beds open up.
Casey Martin
Seattle mayor wants more housing at Fort Lawton

Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to add more dense housing to Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood.
David Hyde
Business

'Co-Living' bill would revive a nearly extinct affordable housing type in Washington cities
Joshua McNichols

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