Microhousing: A little empirical data and some perspective
David Neiman has been a guest writer here and a voice of sanity on small-lot legislation and microhousing. Neiman is no bomb thrower, and he has a great reputation at City Hall as a reasonable voice for growth but also for the importance of design. He usually wins me over when I suggest that we should get rid […]
Impact Fees at Today’s PLUS Meeting: Higher Rents, More Sprawl
Along with dealing what will likely be a death blow to microhousing, the City Council’s Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee is considering the idea of “linkage fees;” yet another supply killing, raising intervention in the name of affordability. If you live in Seattle and pay attention to land-use and housing issues, you may […]
Microhousing: What Happened to the Guiding Principles
At the outset of the City’s effort to understand and regulate microhousing here’s what they said were going to be their guiding principles: Guiding Principles Below are the guiding principles we’ve used to develop these recommendations. The principles respond to citizen expressed concerns, as well as consistency with broader policies in the Mayor’s Housing Strategy, […]
