Two laws in Oregon undo 100 years of local zoning to ban homes, opening opportunities for affordable choices, from duplexes to apartments.| Sightline Institute
With candidates of all political stripes taking advantage of the city's small-dollar campaign program, Seattleites themselves become the real winners.| Sightline Institute
August’s levy renewal offers Seattleites proven benefits to democracy for a low price.| Sightline Institute
Research finds independent spending is up in cities with and without public financing for local campaigns—and democracy vouchers are delivering on their people power promise.| Sightline Institute
Six years after a monumental rezone, Gov. Kotek's HB 2138 will fill the gaps to more fully legalize starter homes.| Sightline Institute
A decade in, and up for renewal in August, Seattle’s model campaign funding program has blasted past even its ambitious initial goals.| Sightline Institute
Bipartisan efforts won a string of bills for more homes, lower costs, and less red tape for Montanans—with lessons for other states.| Sightline Institute
Six months into the pioneering state policy, regulatory costs are falling and projects are springing to life.| Sightline Institute
Old Town’s first new building project has more than double the number of homes and less parking than the city’s old code would have allowed. The rest of the city might follow suit.| Sightline Institute
Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. UPDATE 3/1/23: The Senate passed SB 5466 on a 40 – 8 vote. The most significant amendment reduced the applicable area around frequent transit stops (at least three stops per hour) from a three-quarter mile walking distance ... Read more| Sightline Institute
More evidence that parking flexibility is key to housing abundance.| Sightline Institute
What to learn—and what to leave behind—from the 2024 ballot measure losses in Cascadia.| Sightline Institute
Tens of thousands of homes are now more buildable, including several projects that local parking mandates had previously killed.| Sightline Institute
Studies from two very different cities showed the same result.| Sightline Institute
