Renters: Rent Control May Not Be As Good As it Sounds

Layla Khademi is a Master of Science in Real Estate candidate at the University of San Diego School of Business. She received her bachelor’s in business administration, marketing, and finance from Seattle University in 2019. She has blogged for Reed MIDEM’s MIPIM conference, as well as the University of San Diego Burnham-Moores Center for Real […]

Is the Seattle Eviction Ban Only the Beginning?

A week from Today 11 states will be voting in Democratic primaries, something called Super Tuesday. As of now, it looks like socialist Bernie Sanders is going to pile on to his previous win in Nevada. It looks like he may be on his way to gaining the Democratic party’s nomination. Some polls even show […]

Here We Go Again: Opposing Growth and Housing Using Preservation

Last year we managed to face down and avoid former Councilmember Tom Rasmussen’s efforts to create what he called Preservation Districts in neighborhoods. That effort would have allowed neighbors to essentially declare a moratorium on anything changing in their vicinity by requiring what would amount to a vote on any new housing or commercial project. […]