Zillow Group launched a new tool Thursday to help people experiencing homelessness in Seattle connect with affordable housing options. The tool is hosted on Zillow’s website and allows landlords with… Read More
Amazon’s tax bill has become a lightning rod in a nationwide debate over economic inequity and Seattle is on the front lines. An ambitious new proposal by Seattle City Councilmember… Read More
Officials in Seattle and Washington state are wrestling over a proposed tax on companies like Amazon and Microsoft that would raise millions to address the homelessness crisis gripping the region.… Read More
The Seattle-area business community is throwing its weight behind a proposal to tax high-paying companies in the region to fund housing and services for the homeless. Amazon, Alaska Airlines, Expedia,… Read More
Washington state lawmakers are considering a new regional tax that would raise an estimated $121 million a year from some of the Seattle area’s biggest employers, including tech giants Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft is increasing its spending on affordable housing and homelessness philanthropy in the Seattle area by 50 percent. The company announced it will spend an additional $250 million on the… Read More
After building its foundation in Washington state, Blokable is scaling in California. The Seattle startup that takes a novel approach to home building announced Tuesday it has opened a corporate… Read More
The tent cities that spring up in the shadows of some of the world’s wealthiest tech companies landed on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night after CBS News anchor Anderson Cooper… Read More
When several Seattle business leaders decided to take on the region’s confounding housing crisis, they did their due diligence. Microsoft and Challenge Seattle — a coalition of the Seattle-area executives… Read More
For years, fast-growing tech companies have drawn criticism for housing crises that have swelled in Seattle, and the San Francisco Bay Area, alongside booming technology industries. Big tech companies are… Read More
Big tech companies are spending big money to address the affordable housing shortage plaguing their communities. The latest is Facebook, which announced a $1 billion multi-pronged approach to the issue… Read More
Microsoft announced the first loan it will grant as part of its $500 million affordable housing initiative Thursday, seven months after launching the program. The software giant will provide a… Read More
Green Canopy doesn’t fit neatly into one box. It’s an innovator but not a tech company. It’s an environmental organization but not a nonprofit. It’s a high-end real estate developer… Read More
Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person campus there over the next decade have already sparked a… Read More
Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as it gears up to kickstart new projects. The startup manufactures… Read More
Microsoft pledged $500 million for affordable housing in January. Five months later, Google said it would invest $1 billion to help the Bay Area housing crisis. Amazon and Salesforce also announced… Read More
A study looking at the cost of living in 257 cities across the United States has ranked Seattle as the fifth most expensive place to live in the country. Seattle… Read More
AT&T is donating a total of $1.1 million to Seattle-area nonprofits focused on tackling homelessness, food insecurity, and equity. The telecom giant is launching Believe Seattle at a kickoff event… Read More
Skyrocketing housing prices, crippling traffic, and widening income inequality are making U.S. cities difficult places for everyday Americans to live. And in cities with booming tech economies, the industry driving… Read More
A new campaign to build affordable housing for Seattle residents experiencing homelessness received a big boost from the tech industry. Microsoft, Amazon, Steve and Connie Ballmer, and other organizations in… Read More
Amazon is donating a total of $8 million across Seattle and Arlington, Va., to non-profits that provide housing for people experiencing homelessness. In its original headquarters town, Seattle, Amazon will… Read More
Real estate investors are banking on cities with robust tech industries. A new report from real estate company JLL finds a correlation between the real estate investment dollars spent in… Read More
Microsoft made a big splash in January with the surprise announcement of a $500 million commitment to increase the supply of affordable housing in its hometown, the largest philanthropic gift… Read More
Loftium, the Seattle real estate startup that helped people buy homes in exchange for renting out an extra room on Airbnb, has shifted its focus to rentals. The company previously… Read More
The days are warming up, but will Seattle’s housing market recapture its status as the nation’s hottest? For at least one group, it’s still not easy to get in on… Read More
Tableau is launching a new initiative to tackle homelessness in the latest example of the tech industry taking on the housing crisis plaguing cities across the country. The Seattle company… Read More
Two months after predicting that tech hubs like Seattle could be in for a big real estate cooldown in 2019, the tech-powered brokerage Redfin issued a report Wednesday stating that… Read More
Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox. Amazon’s first home, a residential property at 10704 N.E. 28th St. in Bellevue, Wash., was listed for… Read More
Downtown Seattle has added 85,000 jobs since 2010, and nine out of 10 of new jobs in the city are technology-related. That’s according to a new report from the Downtown Seattle… Read More
Seattle’s biggest tech companies are throwing their weight behind legislation that would reform how landlords in Washington state handle evictions. The general counsels of Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, RealNetworks, and other… Read More