Curtailing Small-Lots, and Ride Share. What’s Next? Who Knows?
On Monday the Seattle City Council took steps to limit the operations of ride sharing companies in Seattle. The public’s reaction has generally been one of confusion and outright derision: why would the Council curtail an innovative idea for helping people get from point A to point B without having to use their own car? […]
Seattle Speaks Up: A Poster Boy for Neighborhood Overreach?
Hello Councilmember O’Brien, I wanted to alert you to the latest efforts to claim that microhousing is out of scale with surrounding buildings. As you said, neighbors often point out what they call “bad buildings” as the basis for their opposition to this product. But please see the attached e-mail thread about a project at 2371 Franklin […]
Keep Microhousing Prices Low and Fix Design Review
We’ve been engaging the Council and opponents of microhousing for almost a year now and there is still strong support for microhousing as an important choice for people looking for a place to live in Seattle. But the efforts of opponents to scuttle microhousing continue and some on the City Council feel like they need […]
