[Opinion] Why Seattle’s housing density plans are a disability-rights issue

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Why Seattle’s housing density plans are a disability-rights issue

Finding a place to live in Seattle can be challenging for just about anyone. Housing is expensive, competition is high, options often feel limited.    For Cecelia Black, an organizer with Disability Rights Washington, finding an apartment in 2021 that met her needs was a daunting, eight-month process. Black is a wheelchair user and at a minimum requires housing in a wheelchair-accessible building. But ideally she wanted to find housing built wit…