38.33% - Seventy percent of Seattle's residential land is zoned exclusively for single-family homes — you cannot build out of a housing crisis when most of the city is legally off-limits to anything denser.
33.33% - A city that prices out working-class and middle-class people stops being a city in any meaningful sense — urban density is only valuable when it's inclusive.
15.00% - Duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and mid-rise apartments should be the baseline across Seattle — upzoning as the default, let the market build what people need.
13.33% - The denser a city, the more efficiently it functions — more people sharing infrastructure and public space is how cities create value; sprawl undermines that logic.
Seattle has ample opportunity to build at greater density than current zoning permits.
29.68% - Duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and mid-rise apartments should be the baseline across Seattle — upzoning as the default, let the market build what people need.
13.33% - Micro-shelter villages on vacant city lots are a faster path to dignity than waiting years for permanent housing.
12.22% - Seventy percent of Seattle's residential land is zoned exclusively for single-family homes — you cannot build out of a housing crisis when most of the city is legally off-limits to anything denser.
11.83% - We should support efforts to move to ranked choice voting for elections.
11.83% - A city that prices out working-class and middle-class people stops being a city in any meaningful sense — urban density is only valuable when it's inclusive.
11.11% - Seattle's desirability — tech, outdoor culture, food scene — is exactly what makes the housing problem so stubborn and urgent.
10.00% - You need an address to apply for jobs and a phone number for callbacks — these aren't minor inconveniences, they're structural barriers that make escaping homelessness significantly harder.
33.33% - Seattle has ample opportunity to build at greater density than current zoning permits.
33.33% - Seattle's housing constraint is not land; it is restrictive zoning.
33.33% - Seattle has substantial room to build at higher density than its current zoning allows.
0.00% - There is ample opportunity to build more densely in Seattle.
50.00% - Glossary of baseball terms