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With hybrid work here to stay, city leaders ask: Can the central business district become a residential neighborhood?

As final ballots from the Feb. 14 special election roll in, 57% of voters are in favor of Initiative 135.

Seattle may have the highest rents statewide, but communities such as Walla Walla and Spokane have seen the most drastic losses in affordability.

On the Feb. 14 ballot, Seattle voters will decide whether to launch and fund publicly owned, mixed-income affordable housing.

Advocates have outlined steps to ease the housing crisis — but it all depends on how legislators divvy the budget.

Lawmakers aim to tackle housing costs from all angles, including construction, subsidized housing, homeless services, zoning and renter protections.

More than 11,000 people have applied to the program, which aims to address turnover. Funding long-term pay increases could prove more challenging.

Gov. Jay Inslee's two-year blueprint includes adding 2,200 units of housing, with money for another 5,300 units to be approved by voters.

The City Council's 2023-24 package preserves most of Mayor Harrell's asks on policing while investing in homelessness affordable housing and more.

This year, St. James Cathedral's annual Mass marked a grim record: the highest number of deaths in the tradition's 20-year history.

COVID stimulus gave public housing authorities new resources. While King County leads the nation in distribution, that's not the case across the state.

The state's largest encampment, home to nearly 450 people, began as a protest but has become a microcosm of housing and homelessness issues nationwide.

The U.S. Treasury pulled funds from jurisdictions that didn't meet the deadline to distribute at least 20% of their most recent allocation.