The Economics of Contamination: Another Cost Driver for Housing
As I pointed out on the Seattle Channel for buildings needing seismic upgrades, what drives the use of a site or buildings is the economics of the site. That’s different than the oft cited “profit” that activists for the status quo site as the motivator for use. There must be a return for investors. That’s […]
How a Philosophy Major Made Millions on Backyard Cottages
Everyone is annoyed with Ol’ Marty Kaplan for appealing legislation that tweaks the City’s existing rules on building backyard cottages. You’d think that the legislation was going to legalize backyard cottages. But here’s the deal: they are already legal, and have been for almost a decade. The code certainly can and should be improved to […]
Washington’s First Pro-Housing Political Action Committee: Fair Housing Washington
Ok. You’re right. There are other political action committees (PAC) out there that support or oppose candidates and issues based on housing issues. But what Fair Housing Washington does is to go beyond the trade association or constituency model of PACs to aim purely at good policy. What I mean is that the Rental Housing […]
