Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle area

Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by opportune on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:10PM (#18928002)

By areas with high density and good transit. So, mostly Seattle and the Western/Central part of Renton, also Downtown Bellevue and Downtown Redmond. Last time I drove around Georgetown I noticed lots of unused space, maybe there's a reason a lot of affordable housing hasn't been built there, but it seems underutilized if it's not actively being developed for affordable housing

I'm not in principle against low income people living on the Eastside. In fact, I think most of Bellevue, Kirkland, and the area surrounding the Bel-Red corridor should be upzoned and get more infrastructure - then low income people could actually live there

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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by Jach on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:47PM (#18928197)

I don't think we'll see them in downtown Bellevue anytime soon. Too many "Homeless Shelter Yes, Eastside No" signs next to the roads on the way in. I'm just a transplant and won't be here forever (10 years so far though), so I have little stake in the matter, but it seems clear most people on the Eastside want it to keep being "nice" even if that unfairly prices people out. I like things "nice" too and appreciate the car culture here. Of course I might be mistaken and the Seattlefication will continue. I have a friend who thinks Bellevue's about 10 years behind Seattle in things, Redmond another 10 years behind Bellevue, maybe we'll see Issaquah become the new Redmond.

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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by cbHXBY1D on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:58AM (#18928913)

There are homeless in downtown Bellevue. Yes, nothing compared to Seattle but I see dozens of homeless each day. I've gotten to know some and they take the 550 to get away from the camps in Seattle.

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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by bch on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:49AM (#18928677)

The bigger density (building up) I’m told is capped by air traffic of Boeing Field.

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