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Housing

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• Backyard cottages OK'd in Seattle (Seattle PI, November 2, 2009)
• Cottage homes address growth management goals in Federal Way (Federal Way Mirror, October 2, 2009)
• Seattle's 'new urbanism': making smart, sustainable, stylish dwellings (Seattle Times, July 12, 2009)
• Oak Harbor moves to keep affordable housing alive (Whidbey News-Times, July 8, 2009)
• Pasco to use grant to build 3 homes (Tri-City Herald, May 19, 2009)
• Stimulus grant could help streamline homeless services (The Daily News, May 19, 2009)
• Franklin County migrant housing help in works (Tri-City Herald, May 6, 2009)
• Nickels pushes for bigger affordable-housing levy (Seattle Times, April 30, 2009)
• Mobile home parks allowed in more places (Whidbey News Times, April 24, 2009)
• Innovative housing ordinance receives first public dress-down (Bainbridge Review, April 16, 2009)
• Point in Time survey shows more homeless people this year than last (Yakima Herald, April 14, 2009)
• City Council looking at cottage housing (Lake Stevens Journal, April 8, 2009)
• Feds give $3 million to Whatcom County housing and homeless programs (Bellingham Herald, March 9, 2009)
• Interim rules on 'McMansions,' preservation extended; City Council clarifies size limits on homes (The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader, February 17, 2009)
• Rules ready for new housing types in Bellingham (Bellingham Herald, February 17, 2009)
• Federal Way contemplates emergency exception to RV code (Federal Way Mirror, February 17, 2009)
• Housing ordinance would increase affordability, density of island developments (Bainbridge Review, January 5, 2009)
• City Council OKs affordable-housing plan (Seattle PI, December 15, 2008)
• Whatcom County rules aim to limit new garage-dominated homes (Bellingham Herald, December 9, 2008)
• Pierce County backs mobile home park owners (Tacoma News Tribune, December 4, 2008)
• Seattle's growth projection reflects a city pushing limits (Seattle Times, September 18, 2008)
• National Geographic: Bellingham one of the best places to live and play (Bellingham Herald, August 12, 2008)
• County ponders center for homeless (The Daily News, August 11, 2008)
• Are small cottages the next big thing in housing? (Seattle PI, July 31, 2008)
• Nickels calls for mandatory design review of new townhouses (Seattle PI, July 9, 2008)
• Housing relief? Council OKs controversial tax break (Seattle Times, July 1, 2008)
• Megahomes: Seattle wants to limit sizes (Seattle PI, June 30, 2008)
• Fire fee considered on new homes (Bellingham Herald, June 29, 2008)
• Housing effort tries to keep county from getting too ritzy (Everett Hearald, June 9, 2008)
• Townhouse solutions could uglify instead of beautify (Seattle PI, June 9, 2008)
• Lacey ban on tent city challenged (The Olympian, June 3, 2008)
• Town homes spark neighborhood debate (Seattle Times, April 30, 2008)
• Snohomish County orders reprieve for mobile home parks (Everett Herald, April 28, 2008)
• Staff cuts at county follow housing woes (Everett Herald, April 16, 2008)
• Credit crunch claims Everett affordable housing plan (Everett Herald, April 8, 2008)
• Snohomish County may require new houses to blend in with neighborhoods (Everett Herald, April 7, 2008)
• Campers in Lacey face eviction (The Olympian, March 25, 2008)
• City working on ‘Nexus’ point for affordable housing (Bainbridge Island Review, March 21, 2008)
• Report on curbing homelessness (Seattle PI, March 19, 2008)
• Cities around Snohomish County feel sting as home sales sink (Everett Herald, March 12, 2008)
• Downtown Bellevue condos beckon to younger crowd (Seattle Times, March 11, 2008)
• Minicity proposal faces a roadblock: the Snohomish County Council (Everett Herald, February 21, 2008)
• City Council OKs moratorium on 'McMansions,' landmark building demolitions; Interim controls in place for six months (Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader, February 21, 2008)
• UW study: Rules add $200,000 to Seattle house price (Seattle Times, February 14, 2008)
• High court to consider Woodinville Tent City permit case (Seattlle Times, February 7, 2008)
• City to help 'drowning' homeowners (Seattle PI, January 30, 2008)
• Housing homeless saves money (Seattle PI, January 8, 2008)
• Tumwater City Council OKs tent cities (The Olympian, December 18, 2007)
• Tacoma City Council acts to spur density (Tacoma News Tribune, December 12, 2007)
• Vulcan gets city OK for taller development (Seattle PI, December 12, 2007)
• Counties get state grants to help the homeless (Seattle PI, December 11, 2007)
• Bellevue City Council approves "megahome" rules (Seattle Times, December 5, 2007)
• City takes new look at tax breaks, housing (Seattle PI, December 4, 2007)
• City Council OKs tax break for downtown homes (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, November 15, 2007)
• Affordable housing may come factory-built (Seattle PI, October 11, 2007)
• City Council rejects rooming houses (Bellingham Herald, October 9, 2007)
• Lacey weighs rules for camp (The Olympian, October 2, 2007)
• Zoning the 'enemy' of affordable housing (Seattle PI, September 18, 2007)
• Council OKs "zero-energy" housing project (Seattle Times, September 18, 2007)
• Mixed-use growth brings more urbanlike mindset (Seattle Times, August 22, 2007)
• Region's housing prices go own way: Up (Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 31, 2007)
• Cities vote to allow camps (The Olympian, July 17, 2007)
• City, county chip in to expand homeless women's center (Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 8, 2007)
• Residents decry plan to reduce zoning density (The Olympian, May 7, 2007)
• City to help low-income housing get foot in door (Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 3, 2007)
• Affordable housing takes center stage (Seattle Post Intelligencer, Apr 6, 2007)
• County funds OK'd to rescue 2 mobile home parks (Seattle Times, Apr 4, 2007)
• Average Seattle worker can't afford to live here (Seattle Post Intelligencer, Apr 2, 2007)
• "Zero-energy" homes planned in Issaquah (Seattle Times, Mar 21, 2007)
• Olympia certifies tent city (The Olympian, Mar 20, 2007)
• Monroe passes rules on tent cities for homeless (Everett Herald, Mar 12, 2007)
• Bungalows biting dust for suburban-size homes (Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb 19, 2007)
• ADU decision announced (Islands Sounder, Feb 14, 2007)
• Church risks fines over homeless camp (The Olympian, Feb 12, 2007)
• Tent city 'needs to leave,' Olympia official says (The Olympian, Feb 6, 2007)
• Owners of older homes find it's not always easy to live with history (Seattle Post Intelligencer, Jan 23, 2007)
• Everett to add public housing (Everett Herald, Jan 3, 2007)