Stories for March 29, 2008

Does inclusionary zoning build more affordable housing?

Sat, Mar 29, 10:10 a.m.

By David Brewster

The cure-du-jour for skyrocketing housing prices, at least in Seattle City Hall, is something called inclusionary zoning, or IZ. It's in effect in more than 300 urban areas in the country. Typically IZ requires residential developers to include a percentage of affordable housing in new projects. Does it work?

Can eco-density be beautiful?

Sat, Mar 29, 5 a.m.

By Adele Weder

Vancouver, B.C. wrestles with how to make new buildings and greater density produce better, less uniform architecture. It turns out nobody has a very clear image of what that would look like.