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 […]
Waiting for the Cottage Building Elves
After a long enjoyable weekend away, I came back to Seattle thinking about what would I say this week in this space. My first thought was to address (again) the fact that recent legislation passed by the City Council will not, in my estimation, add lots of new supply of backyard cottages. Why? Households that […]
Forbes: Impact Fees? Local Government Should Provide Infrastructure for Free
I’ve been writing a lot more at Forbes lately. This month has fit that pattern. Yesterday I put up a post there about infrastructure that was based on my thoughts after using bike share on bike lanes here in Seattle. What we’re doing with transportation infrastructure, as a matter of policy, is paying for it […]
