27.50% - 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.
26.25% - Seattle hasn't run out of space — the constraint is zoning, not land; single-family zones represent enormous potential for gentle density.
13.75% - More housing supply puts downward pressure on prices — Seattle rents keep climbing because demand grows faster than supply.
11.25% - 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.
11.25% - Dismissing criticism as an example of “Cancel Culture” risks chilling useful discussion.
10.00% - 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.
Seattle should rezone to allow duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and taller apartment buildings.
25.00% - A neighborhood zoned universally for triplexes barely changes the streetscape but allows three households where only one was legally permitted before — meaningful progress with minimal disruption.
23.75% - 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.
13.75% - 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.
12.50% - More housing supply puts downward pressure on prices — Seattle rents keep climbing because demand grows faster than supply.
12.50% - Home prices in Seattle are unacceptably high for working people — a city where only the wealthy can afford to stay is worse economically and socially, and that demands a policy response.
12.50% - Seattle hasn't run out of space — the constraint is zoning, not land; single-family zones represent enormous potential for gentle density.
25.00% - Seattle should rezone to allow duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and taller apartment buildings.
25.00% - Duplexes, triplexes, and mid-rise apartments should be permitted by default across Seattle.
25.00% - Seattle should permit duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and taller apartment buildings by default.
0.00% - Seattle should zone for more duplexes, triplexes, townhouses and remove the cap on floors for most apartments.