Will Grand Bargain Jeopardize Murray’s Reelection?
In the first half of last year we conducted a poll of perfect voters ahead of the election in the fall. We wanted to get a sense of what voters were thinking about population growth and the change and new housing associated with more people coming to Seattle for jobs and to start new businesses. […]
Is More Tower Spacing Downtown Dead?
Last week the tower spacing proposal from Councilmember Bagshaw seemed to be making a comeback after disappearing for awhile. The proposal was triggered by angry (and very wealthy) neighbors in the Escala building downtown who are worried about losing their views to new housing development. We’ve taken a strong stand that the benefits of more […]
Can Public Housing be an Alternative to the Grand Bargain?
I watched a video of an excellent lecture called, “The Death of Public Housing” given by Professor Edward Getz given at the University of Washington School of Urban Studies in Tacoma. Professor Goetz is highly critical of the move away from publically built, owned, and operated housing in the United States. In his new book, […]
