Vaccinating Against High Prices: Build More Housing!

Posted by on February 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment 

Last Monday, one week ago, I traveled to San Francisco to be part of a panel hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation, or SF BARF. Now you can watch the panel in the video embed above. As I mentioned earlier, SF BARF is led by the charismatic and relentless Sonja Trauss. Trauss […]

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Forest for the Trees: Seattle Neighborhoods and Canopy Grow

Posted by on February 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment 

The Department of Planning and Development commissioned a study of urban villages. I won’t go into the whole report, but one of the indicators of the success of growth happening in urban villages–the 37 neighborhood areas target for growth in the City’s Comprehensive Plan–is tree canopy. It’s important to note that one of the chief […]

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Running Scared: Clark Pushes Low-Rise Legislation

Posted by on January 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment 

The campaign season has begun, and it should be no surprise that housing is already featuring in one of the contests. Noted growth and microhousing opponent Bill Bradburd has announced he’s running against Councilmember Sally Clark. Clark, not particularly a friend of microhousing or growth either, has filed to run for one of the two […]

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