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? […]
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 […]
