Seattleites: one more public hearing for more housing through the Comp Plan on Friday. Rally at 1pm at City Hall (pizza too!), remote testimony starting at 9:30, can sign up for in-person testimony 3pm-6:30pm.

This is about adding 500 affordable homes in an area that is currently derelict buildings and fenced off parking lots. It would be the first subsidized affordable housing in Magnolia, and has been in process since 2005. Opponents of new housing have turned out in force tonight.

Another evening battling NIMBYs, this time for the proposed affordable housing development at Fort Lawton in Magnolia

Zoning in Seattle has roots in harmful, racist ideologies. Harland Bartholomew, the consultant who helped Seattle and other cities implement their first zoning codes, justified restrictive zoning by warning about “overcrowding” leading to a “lowering of the standard of racial strength and virility.”

Seattle housing advocates: Now is the time to act. The Comp Plan Update is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to reform zoning for more housing in all neighborhoods, but NIMBY opposition is heating up. Next Wed, Feb 5, rally at Seattle City Hall at 4pm, before the 5pm public hearing. bit.ly/feb5rally