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Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Seattle's

social housing test will soon become a reality. The city's voter-approved social housing developer is working to fill an apartment near Pike Place

market with mixed income tenants.

The deadline to apply for a spot in the housing lottery is this Friday.

Seattle Times real estate reporter Heidi Groover is here to fill us in, but first, let's get you caught up.

Thank you. is here to fill us in, but first, let's get you caught up. The regulation of large data centers is before the Seattle City Council today.

A committee will vote at 9.30 this morning on a one-year emergency moratorium.

Several companies recently approached the city about building five large-scale data centers in Seattle.

If the committee approves the bill today, the full council could vote on a moratorium as early as next week.

Seattle Humane is lowering adoption fees for dogs and some cats for the next month.

Axios reports the shelter is dealing with decreased demand and requests to take on animals from other shelters at capacity.

Adoption fees for all dogs at the shelter are discounted, as well as cats between six months and

seven years old. Some long-term shelter pets even have name-your-own

adoption fees. And time to get your song in. Beloved karaoke and food spot, Bush Garden is

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