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Tableau launches $1.3M initiative to ‘eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness’ in 50 US cities
Tableau’s Seattle headquarters. (Lara Swimmer Photography Photo) Tableau is launching a new initiative to tackle homelessness in the latest example…
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GeekWire Radio: Home prices, real estate and big data with Zillow’s Stan Humphries
Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow, within the KIRO Radio studios. (Erynn Rose picture.) This week on the GeekWire radio…
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Microsoft treads cautiously as it plans to deploy $500M affordable housing fund in Seattle region
From left to right: Seattle Tech 4 Housing Founder Ethan Goodman, Microsoft Philanthropies Senior Officer Amy Liu, and Bellwether Housing…
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Amazon donates $8M for affordable housing in ‘HQ regions,’ launches employee matching program
Amazon’s Seattle headquarters under construction to accommodate its growing workforce. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is donating a total…
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Affordable housing campaign raises $48.8M from Microsoft, Amazon, Ballmers, and others to combat homelessness in Seattle region
Microsoft Philanthropies lead Mary Snapp announces new affordable housing campaign. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) A new campaign to build…
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With support of Amazon, new fund lets everyday tech workers invest in affordable housing
Bellwether Housing CEO Susan Boyd announces a new affordable housing fund at the Amazon Spheres. (Bellwether Housing Photo) Skyrocketing housing…
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With $1.1M commitment, AT&T is latest tech company to address Seattle’s homelessness crisis
The Lounge by AT&T features an Ada’s Discovery Cafe in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) AT&T…
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Amazon HQ2 becomes nation’s most competitive region for home buyers as Seattle market cools
Amazon’s future home in Northern Virginia. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building…
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Why this sustainability-focused real estate developer is taking a cue from Steve Jobs
A Portland home developed by Green Canopy. (Green Canopy Photo) Green Canopy doesn’t fit neatly into one box. It’s an…
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Microsoft reveals first affordable housing investment of $500M initiative
Microsoft President Brad Smith and CFO Amy Hood announced the $500M affordable housing initiative in January 2019. (GeekWire Photo /…
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