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Microsoft shares updates on its $750M affordable housing effort as homelessness crisis continues

An example of a multifamily housing in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (Sightline Institute Photo / Creative Commons) Roughly 9,200 affordable housing units are being preserved or created in the greater Seattle area thanks to an initiative launched by Microsoft three years ago. An additional 19,000 households have been able to hold on to their housing due…

Amazon allocates $42.5M to build 318 affordable apartments near Seattle area light rail stations

New apartments rise in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon on Tuesday announced that it has allocated $42.5 million to help pay for the construction of 318 affordable apartments near two light rail stations in the greater Seattle area. The projects are being done in partnership with Sound Transit, a local public…