Why is Housing Expensive? Builders Know.
Editors Note: This post originated from a discussion about linkage taxes at the presentation of the painting pictured above to honor Martha Rose’s service over the past year as President of the Master Builders Association. Her e-mail reminded me of F. A. Hayek‘s seminal article, The Use of Knowledge in Society, written in 1945. Rose succinctly […]
Housing Tax: Will “Eliminate . . . Sustainable Features.”
Local green developer Sloan Ritchie has delivered his verdict on Councilmember Mike O’Brien: It’s a bad idea. In an article in the Puget Sound Business Journal, Ritchie, founder of Cascade Built, talks about a project he just built, the first multifamily passive house in Seattle. Ritchie’s approach to building is articulated at the Cascade Built […]
Washington Policy Center on Linkage Tax
I checked in with Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center to find out his thoughts on the proposed linkage tax. The Washington Policy Center is “an independent, non-profit, think tank that promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions.” So it’s not a surprise the Guppy doesn’t agree with the proposal. But I asked […]
