Seattle's construction boom means lots of empty apartments–and cheaper rents

SF and SV could do the same thing: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-14/californi... if voters in those municipalities wanted to, or if state-level action forces them to: https://www.vox.com/cities-and-urbanism/2018/2/23/17011154/s....

Still no housing for the poor or low income going up. There's plenty of demand for it, but no supply. Building more housing for the rich when nobody who wants even the slightest luxury will live in Seattle with all of its problems downtown.