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Patience Malaba

Patience Malaba

Patience Malaba is the executive director of the Housing Development Consortium, a group of nonprofit housing developers.


Recent Articles by this Author

Op-Ed: Seattle Council Is Trying to Make Housing More Expensive

Tell your councilmember to vote against the transportation impact fee. On Tuesday, amidst a deep housing affordability crisis, the outgoing Seattle City Council is setting the stage for a new fee to make building homes in Seattle even more expensive.  This homebuilder fee — a “transportation impact fee” — threatens to hamper

Op-Ed: Seattle Council Is Trying to Make Housing More Expensive

Tell your councilmember to vote against the transportation impact fee. On Tuesday, amidst a deep housing affordability crisis, the outgoing Seattle City Council is setting the stage for a new fee to make building homes in Seattle even more expensive.  This homebuilder fee — a “transportation impact fee” — threatens to hamper

Council Must Be Bold for Affordable Homes

Seattle for Everyone is a broad coalition of affordable housing developers, for-profit developers and businesses, labor and social justice advocates, environmentalists and urbanists, all united to build an equitable, thriving, and inclusive Seattle. The Seattle for Everyone coalition was built on a foundation of support for Housing Affordability and Livability

Council Must Be Bold for Affordable Homes

Seattle for Everyone is a broad coalition of affordable housing developers, for-profit developers and businesses, labor and social justice advocates, environmentalists and urbanists, all united to build an equitable, thriving, and inclusive Seattle. The Seattle for Everyone coalition was built on a foundation of support for Housing Affordability and Livability

Together We Can Make Housing Affordability Mandatory in Seattle

This year, we have an opportunity to make Seattle housing more affordable. The question is this: will we share our growth and prosperity, or will our city be an exclusive enclave that only the highest-wage earners can afford? By passing a citywide version of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) that is

Together We Can Make Housing Affordability Mandatory in Seattle

This year, we have an opportunity to make Seattle housing more affordable. The question is this: will we share our growth and prosperity, or will our city be an exclusive enclave that only the highest-wage earners can afford? By passing a citywide version of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) that is