Messaging guidance
Got 90 seconds? Choose any of the following videos—including our now-famous “musical chairs” video—to learn a little more about how zoning and regulations connect to affordability and how housing solutions connect to climate, environmental justice, and more!
HOUSING SOLUTIONS ARE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: What do housing affordability policies have to do with climate change and environmental justice in Washington state?
INVISIBLE WALLS SHUTTING YOU OUT? A 90-second explainer video from Sightline Institute on the problem of exclusionary zoning and the upzoning affordability solution.
Dos and don’ts of talking about housing solutions
Flashcard: 6 Quick Tips for Talking Housing Solutions
ZONING FOR ALL KINDS OF AFFORDABLE HOMES: Allowing more homes like duplexes and apartments makes it easier for Washingtonians of all incomes find homes they can afford, both subsidized and market-rate homes.
CRUEL MUSICAL CHAIRS (or Why is rent so high?) How does a growing, prospering city stay affordable for all kinds of people? At the most basic level, when there aren’t enough homes, prices will keep rising. When there are plenty of homes, it helps prices stay down.
Washington voters support housing solutions!
Research articles
Legalizing more homes
Seven Reasons Washington Needs Middle Housing: Because housing solutions are solutions for homelessness, jobs, equity, climate, conservation, and community.
To Fix Inclusionary Zoning, Fund It: Why conventional, unfunded IZ programs fail—both as policies for getting more of the homes we need and politically for uniting the coalitions to pass them—and how funded IZ can fix that to build an abundance of income-restricted, affordable homes and market-rate, working-family and middle-income homes across Washington state.
Nine Reasons to End Exclusionary Zoning: Residential lockdown against modest, multi-dwelling homes harms all but the wealthy.
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: Why do some US cities struggle more with homelessness? A Q+A with the authors of a book exploring a key component of the issue—housing supply.
Rolling back excessive parking mandates
The hidden costs of blanket pavement mandates: How mandates for overparking our communities constrain homes and businesses
Seeking solutions: What nixing parking mandates can unlock for communities
Map: Parking Mandates Map, by the Parking Reform Network | 3,000+ cities across the globe have taken steps towards reducing parking mandates or eliminating them entirely