The Wheels on the Horse Go ‘Round and ‘Round: The Council Passes MHA
I suppose I should have been emotionally prepared for the final passage of the City’s version of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning, something they call Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA). It is sad. But it’s passage seems like nothing more than reading the final punctuation on a municipal suicide note after the deed has been done; there is not much […]
Please Read: The Problems with the Problem of Homelessness
The way we talk about homelessness has always bothered me. I don’t think we have a definition of the problem that helps develop good policy. You can’t solve a problem that can’t be defined and measured. And the causes? The causes of homelessness are often the jumping off point for a policies that extract money […]
MHA on the Radio: The Last Debate on the Biggest Boondoggle
I mentioned last week that I had recorded what was really the last debate on the City’s plan to impose Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ), a scheme that charges each new square foot of new housing a tax of as much as $30 a square foot and then takes that money and gives it to non-profits […]
