Evidently, in Seattle, someone building a house is big news. Front page news for the Seattle Times.

But here’s the thing. The house being built looks like this:

And just down the block, three houses away, is this:

How the neighbors and Lynn Thompson at the Times would see this new house as out of scale is baffling.

And the story and headline is misleading at best: there is no ban on new homes in Seattle.

The efforts continue to create more predictability for new housing continues with work to pass the 80 Percent Rule. Hopefully, that will put an end to stories that fan the flames of a false controversy.