God Pods: Builders Give Back
Here’s an example of how builders get engaged with community using their skills, know how, and resources to support community endeavors. One of Smart Growth Seattle’s founders, Dan Duffus, was instrumental in putting together a microhousing project for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The Union Gospel Mission is a faith based organization working to prevent homelessness. […]
2015: Year of the City Builder
This post is really an e-mail we sent to the broader development and builder community and it highlights some of what we did last year and what we’re looking to do this year. Last year, I said 2015 would be the year of supply. This year will be the Year of the City Builder, the […]
Housing Voucher Program Provides Second Chances
It’s Christmas Eve, and the central and orienting narrative of the Christian faith is the story of a savior, born as a human being in a humble manger, offering forgiveness and redemption. Much can be made of the fact that story finds the protagonists with no proper housing situation in light of the fact that […]
