Seattle is in dire need of more housing density.

The city also wants to be climate conscious in a warming world.

Right now, those two goals are at odds with one another in some instances and it’s slowing the development of necessary middle housing.

We’ll talk more about that with Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim.

Read his reporting here.

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Seattle is in dire need of more housing density.
The city also wants to be climate conscious in a warming world.
Right now, those two goals are at odds with one another in some instances and it&rsquo;s slowing the development of necessary middle housing.
We&rsquo;ll talk more about that with Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim.
Read his reporting <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/seattles-climate-and-housing-efforts-bottlenecked-by-power-poles/">here</a>.
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Seattle is in dire need of more housing density.  The city also wants to be climate conscious in a warming world.  Right now, those two goals are at odds with one another in some instances and it’s slowing the development of necessary middle housing.  We’ll talk more about that with Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim.