Discourse over housing and growth should be based on facts

A version of this post appears as an article in the Master Builder Magazine, a regular publication of the Master Builders Association. It continues along the theme started with this mornings post by Nick Etheredge. Here’s a sampling of the dialogue going on in Seattle about new housing and growth in the city. “Such statements […]

Microhousing Debate: Let’s Lower the Rhetoric

Hello Readers. My name is Nick Etheredge. I am a new contributor to Smart Growth Seattle. In a future post I will tell you more about myself and how I ended up writing for, and teaming with, Roger Valdez and SGS. In short, I am a Seattleite who loves cities in general and Seattle in […]

Can’t We All Just Get Along: Common Ground with Non-Profit Developers

I was given the opportunity this week to present to the board of the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program (CHHIP). CHHIP has been a leader in building affordable housing in Seattle for many years. In fact, the first person I met with when urging new development in the South Park neighborhood back in the 90s […]