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A downtown Seattle office tower is set for housing conversion (www.seattletimes.com)
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Location: 3rd and Union. The Joseph Vance Building

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[โ€“] False 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unless they're very small 1000/mo would be well below market rate

[โ€“] kalkulat 1 points 2 months ago

True, of course. But housing FOR ALL has to include housing that's affordable TO ALL. Market rate has been manipulated so that not all can afford housing. New housing has to be created so that ALL have a shot at it to solve our biggest problems, right?