Maybe it is Time to Bring Back the Idea of a Tax on Amazon
Amazon’s lawyer, along with several other local companies, wandered into a mine field yesterday apparently signing a letter is support of Senate Bill 5600. The bill was written by and for attorneys out to sue landlords. It won’t do a thing to prevent evictions just add to the risk of operating housing. Some have suggested […]
A Solution in Olympia: The Eviction Prevention Fund
In Olympia, solutions are often hard to find. When it comes to eviction the solution is simple: cash. And not even that much cash really when compared to the costs of homelessness and of eviction itself. The current effort to address evictions, Senate Bill 5600 doesn’t do anything to solve the problem. If anything the […]
SB 5646 : Another Money Grab by Seattle Non-Profits
I have never seen a more relentless crusade for money than the one being waged by Seattle based non-profit housing organizations using their political power. They want to tax all new housing in Seattle, they have housing levies at the city and county level, they have money from the document recording fee, and the get […]
