From the Field: More Single-Family Please

My friend Joe Nabbefeld has a great post from the front lines of the real estate game at the Daily Journal of Commerce. Nabbefeld reports that people hunting for single-family homes are facing a struggle. What’s the solution? It’s simple economics: Lower price by increasing supply. Supply supply supply. As we’ve pointed out before, the […]

Small-Lot Legislation: The Final Decision

This is the testimony I plan to give at the meeting of the full Council around 2:30PM. There are no guarantees I’ll be heard since there is only 15 minutes for public comment and that only allows about about 6 or 7 people to speak at 2 minutes each. However, I’m posting this now, just […]

Thoughts for Tonight’s Microhousing Hearing: 5:30PM at City Hall

Tonight’s hearing on microhousing is likely to be a free for all of microhousing hate and hopefully some microhousing love. But what are the basics on the issue to take with you to the meeting if you support the product as a solution? Let’s use the City’s own assumptions. Here’s what the Department of Planning […]