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Laura Loe (Bernstein)

Laura Loe (Bernstein)

Laura Loe (Bernstein) is an educator, musician, and gardener from Colombia/NY/LA/Chicago who has lived in Seattle since 2009. Her writing has appeared in <a href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/hous


Recent Articles by this Author

Why We Need an Affordable Talaris

Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered exclusion by discriminating who they would loan to and where through a system of redlining. Most of Seattle’s anti-displacement efforts have rightly centered on areas

Why We Need an Affordable Talaris

Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered exclusion by discriminating who they would loan to and where through a system of redlining. Most of Seattle’s anti-displacement efforts have rightly centered on areas

Acronyms for Action: TOPA Could Help Tenants Buy Their Homes

Seattle and Washington State want to maintain housing affordability and the other Washington (D.C.) laid the groundwork to do it via legislation providing tenants the right to buy their home. I recently attended a 2020 legislative preview hosted by Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness. Rep. Nicole Macri (D-Seattle)

Acronyms for Action: TOPA Could Help Tenants Buy Their Homes

Seattle and Washington State want to maintain housing affordability and the other Washington (D.C.) laid the groundwork to do it via legislation providing tenants the right to buy their home. I recently attended a 2020 legislative preview hosted by Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness. Rep. Nicole Macri (D-Seattle)

Event: Housing NOW #YIOBY House Party On Friday

Editor’s note: We at The Urbanist wanted to let you know about a chance to support two housing advocates we’ve partnered with many times while pushing for good housing policy. Organizing folks to engage in the public process and push for affordable housing is tough and often thankless

Event: Housing NOW #YIOBY House Party On Friday

Editor’s note: We at The Urbanist wanted to let you know about a chance to support two housing advocates we’ve partnered with many times while pushing for good housing policy. Organizing folks to engage in the public process and push for affordable housing is tough and often thankless

Sunday Video: Aging The LGBTQ Way

On Saturday, June 3rd, the City of Seattle hosted “Aging the LGBTQ Way, a forum on equity, respect, and inclusion.” Aging the LGBTQ Way: Forum on Equity, Respect & Inclusion was recorded by The Seattle Channel. Mayor Ed Murray led off with “I, also, am an aging member of this

Sunday Video: Aging The LGBTQ Way

On Saturday, June 3rd, the City of Seattle hosted “Aging the LGBTQ Way, a forum on equity, respect, and inclusion.” Aging the LGBTQ Way: Forum on Equity, Respect & Inclusion was recorded by The Seattle Channel. Mayor Ed Murray led off with “I, also, am an aging member of this