Seattle Times: More Housing Means Lower Prices
The headline in the Seattle Times tells the story of housing prices:”Seattle Rents Growing at Among Slowest Rates in Country as Apartment Boom Reaches Record. And are prices growing slowly? About 1 in 10 apartments across the city remain empty, and perks like a free month’s rent have become standard at most new buildings, and […]
Full Disclosure on Rural Washington: Giving them Hell, or Telling the Truth?
I guess it is hopeless to try and track down whether he said it, or how he said it. But Harry Truman was supposed to have been known for giving them hell. “Give ’em hell, Harry!” a supporter yelled. Did it happen? Well, Wikipedia says it did. And the idea that he responded, “I don’t […]
Eviction Propaganda is the Latest Fad on the Internet and Government
Everyone should be fed up with eviction being touted as an “epidemic” and as like the subprime crisis. We’re the only ones in the world that have stood up to these claims which are weakly researched by people in the press. I recently took on these two charges at Forbes. There Is No “Eviction Epidemic,” […]