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Media and Editorial Inquiries:

Steph Routh, Strategic Communications Manager
[email protected]

Experts:

Dan Bertolet, Senior Researcher
Expertise: Housing, Urban Planning, Urbanism

Anna Fahey, Senior Director, Strategic Communications & Campaigns
Expertise: Issue Messaging on Climate, Housing, Democracy

Alan Durning, Executive Director
Expertise: Climate Policy, Housing and Parking Regulations, Democracy Reform

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Recent Press Releases

  • Poll: Strong Majority of Washingtonians Support Middle Housing Options

    New statewide polling finds fully 61% of voters in Washington state support legislation to expand housing types, with 41% strongly supporting.
    February 4, 2022

    For immediate release: February 4, 2022  Contact: Anna Fahey Senior Director, Communications and Campaigns [email protected], 206-447-1880 x116  Olympia, WA — Three-fifths (61%) of voters in Washington state support legislation that would update zoning to allow more housing types across the state, with two-fifths (41%) expressing they support the law strongly, according to new polling completed […]

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  • Gov. Inslee Prioritizes “Missing Middle” Homes for WA

    Governor Inslee formally announces his request bill to address the housing shortage by restoring the full range of home types.
    December 15, 2021

    Contact: Anna Fahey, senior director, communications and campaigns, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—DECEMBER 15, 2021 OLYMPIA—Washington state soon will have the opportunity to become a national leader in the growing movement to end exclusionary zoning, pervasive local laws that ban mid-sized home types like duplexes, fourplexes, and townhouses. A new bill, prioritized by Governor Jay Inslee […]

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  • From Tiny Homes to Fourplexes and Beyond: Major Portland Zoning Reforms Take Effect

    July 30, 2021

    More homebuilding options are legal beginning August 1, but what’s likely to actually get built? Contacts: Michael Andersen, Sightline Institute, senior researcher, [email protected], 503.333.7824 Steph Routh, Sightline Institute, strategic communications manager, [email protected], 971.506.8385 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 30, 2021) PORTLAND – As of this Sunday, Oregon’s largest city is also the largest in the United […]

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