I was unable to purchase a condo in Bellevue

I was unable to attend the in-person meeting because I was busy closing on a condo in Renton. My job is in Bellevue, and for years I had been searching for an affordable condo in Bellevue in order to avoid using 405 for commuting while not shoving thousands of dollars into rent, but finding an affordable 2-bedroom condo in Bellevue was impossible, while the instant I expanded to Renton I found something. The existing public transportation options between Renton and Bellevue are not good, unfortunately, but there's talk of expansion.

What I'm specifically worried about for the future of Bellevue is that it's going to meet it's housing requirements through rental properties in high-rises, instead of medium-density purchasable properties. Owning property is one of the main ways that low-income families can accumulate wealth, but right now the city doesn't really have any affordable properties, because so much of it is million dollar+ single-family detached housing. A 3-story condo building or a line of townhomes is massively denser than detached housing, while being much cheaper to construct per unit than a high-rise, thus allowing for lower-income families to own their own homes instead of sinking their paycheck into rent year after year.