Washington state needs to build more than one million housing units over the next two decades, but one proposal intends to ...

.Jessica Bateman, Senator-elect for the 22nd Legislative District, said current parking requirements in Olympia mean the city is not using space efficiently. If you go to Capital Mall right now ...

Washington lawmakers are looking at various new proposals to eliminate barriers to construction of new housing, hoping to build on progress they've made in recent years to increase the state's housing ...

A bill to cap yearly rent increases cleared another obstacle in the state Senate on Wednesday. A year after a similar bill ...

Sen. Jessica Bateman, D-Olympia, said 58% of renters have one or no car, but building a home with less than one space is illegal in most cities. “The way that we regulate parking in the [U.S ...

24, some 30 people spoke in support of Senate Bill 5184, sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Bateman. The Olympia Democrat who chairs the upper chamber’s housing committee said the bill is designed ...

Jessica Bateman. The Olympia Democrat who chairs the upper chamber’s housing committee said the bill is designed to help boost Washington’s housing supply. “Our minimum parking requirements ...

Jessica Bateman, D-Olympia, and nine other Democrats. The bill would lower the amount of parking required for new housing developments, prohibiting cities from requiring more than one stall for ...