The Seattle Great City Initiative hosts its third “What it Takes” forum tonight on affordable housing. I’ve attended two of these so far, and they are always lively and informative events.

Called “Housing - Challenge, Crisis or Opportunity” the forum will be a panel discussion moderated by Darryl Smith, chair of the Great City Initiative.

High profile speakers will grace the panel, including City Council Member Sally Clark, chair of the Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee; Maria Barrientos, property developer of The Leona, The Ruby, The Pearl and The Packard Building; Charlie Royer, former Seattle Mayor and chair of the Middle Income Housing Alliance; and Tony To, nonprofit developer and chair of the Seattle Planning Commission.

Panelists will discuss and debate competing ideas on how to keep Seattle’s housing diverse and affordable like incentive zonig, upzones and direct subsidies.

After the event, attendees are welcome to go to the Fado pub to keep the conversation going!

It runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and is at Seattle Public Library downtown. For more information, visit www.greatcity.org.

Tags: Green events

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