Wanted: Bi-Partisain Effort to Reform Housing in Washington State
This is my email to State Senator Guy Palumbo and State Senator Mark Mullet who wrote an important opinion editorial in the Seattle Times over the weekend. I’m hoping their join our reform efforts not for more and more and more money, but sensible, fair and efficient reforms. Palumbo and Mullet are Democrats. Will they […]
Rent Control: Rising Rents are a Signal We Need More Housing, Not More Rules
Housing, like food, is important not just for survival but also for expanding opportunity for people of all levels of income. When housing is scarce, people with fewer dollars to spend feel the downsides of lack of housing supply the most. Those families see a greater and greater share of their incomes consumed by housing […]
Impact Fees: Herbold’s Plan to Save Money for Homeowners and Raise Rents
The following is a slightly edited version of a fundraising email I sent out yesterday. Seattle For Growth is the only group in town that calls this stuff out. It’s amazing to me that the Seattle City Council will keep utility rates for single-family home owners low at the expense of raising rates for renters. […]
