Mayor Bites Dog: New Storyline on Microhousing
Here’s the headline from KIRO: Ballard residents ambush Seattle mayor over development At first, you might think that this headline is “bad news,” especially since it is about a microhousing project in Ballard. But think about this for a moment. Change isn’t easy. When change comes, the people with the most invested in the status […]
Until the Cows Come Home: Soaring Rents Should Mean More Housing
The Seattle Times headlined its Sunday edition with a story about “soaring rents” in Seattle. If we, as a city, decide that rents are too high, there is a solution: build more housing. But the article entertains the bizarre notion—all too commonly held by policy makers and others—that somehow building more housing increases price. Here’s […]
The Case for Increasing Housing Supply, Choice, and Diversity
Last week I posted at the Seattle Transit Blog about a report that’s gotten a lot of attention in the media. The researchers analyzed lots of economic data and found that when people with different levels of incomes live more closely together, those with lower incomes tend to do better in the long run; in […]
