Rent Control Rally: Will We Have Rent Control in a Year?
It was exactly four years ago this week that I took the stage with Councilmember Kshama Sawant. to debate rent control. What have we learned as a city in that interval? Not much. This weekend Sawant will rally rent control supporters. Her followers have already been gathering signatures on a petition. For anyone who knows […]
I Had a Dream: What if Seattle Actually Made Good Housing Policy?
A Dream Once a dream did weave a shade O’er my angel-guarded bed, That an emmet lost its way Where on grass methought I lay. Troubled, wildered, and forlorn, Dark, benighted, travel-worn, Over many a tangle spray, All heart-broke, I heard her say: ‘Oh my children! do they cry, Do they hear their father sigh? […]
Words of Wisdom from Victoria on Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
At Forbes today I have a post about a really smart editorial in Victoria’s paper, Times Colonist. The editorial board had this to say about Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ), a scheme we call Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in Seattle: It’s a case of ideology winning over practicality, of wishful thinking winning over reality. It could also be […]
