Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties (Habitat SKC) has partnered with Bank of America (B of A) to bring affordable housing to Burien as part of the bank’s Global Build initiative. With a recent $50,000 grant from Bank of America, work progresses on the Habitat SKKC Miller’s Creek...

Last month, Mayor Bruce Harrell’s 2025-2026 budget proposal siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from a fund earmarked for affordable housing to balance the city’s budget, sparking outrage among housing advocates. Today, Budget Chair Dan Strauss unveiled the city council’s counter proposal. Lo and behold, instead of showing advocates that the council had heard their concerns, he doubled down, raiding tax dollars obligated for affordable housing to avoid levying new taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

It’s common practice to yell “REALTOR!” when entering a home. An agent never knows exactly what they’re walking into …. There might just be a ghost party roaring in the basement. That’s what Teri Herrera, a broker with Windermere Bellevue West, said she discovered at a...

(WSB photo, March 2022: HDC’s Brad Padden, STS’s Craig Haveson, Atelier Drome’s Michelle Linden) Two and a half years after what, we noted, was the first apartment-groundbreaking ceremony in West Seattle since 2014, Harbor Flats – immediately north of the bridge, at 3417 Harbor SW – is leasing, The joint venture by Housing Diversity Corporation and STS Construction Services (WSB sponsor) has its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the city. The development team says that’s “a significant milestone.”