Comments at the Roanoke Conference
This past weekend I was a panelist at the Roanoke Conference at Ocean Shores, a largely Republican event that includes legislators, other elected officials, legislative staff, and others interested in policy and the legislative process. I was on the panel with Alan Durning of Sightline, Senator Mark Miloscia, Mike Kingsella of the Holland Group. I’ve […]
Seattle’s New Bike Parking Requirements Show How Regulation Kills Housing
I’m often greeted with some skepticism when I make the point that regulation is making housing prices worse. Some people just don’t believe it, instead blaming greed or Amazon. Others dismiss what I’m saying as libertarianism; we shouldn’t have any rules! But David Neiman, an architect and an expert at explaining how bad rules and […]
From a Builder: Rent Control Will Kill 39 Unit Project
This morning at 10:00 in Olympia House Bill 2583 will have a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee. The legislation would repeal what amounts to a ban on local governments enacting rent control, a widely discredited and failed policy of price controlling housing. That we are even arguing about rent control is a […]
