Democrats and Preemption: The Looming Threat of Rent Control
You might remember a post from earlier this year of an e-mail I sent to Senator Jamie Pedersen. The Senator said publicly that he thought rent control is a bad idea and acknowledged it doesn’t work to help people struggling with housing costs. But then he said he would support HB 2583, a bill that would, […]
DADUTÉ: The Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit Tax Exemption Program
Yesterday, I wrote about a way to capture the value in thousands of backyards by creating a loan product that could spark a market in building and producing Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (DADUs) or backyard cottages as they are often called. Today, for those who think that $2500 is too expensive and want lower rents, […]
How a Philosophy Major Made Millions on Backyard Cottages
Everyone is annoyed with Ol’ Marty Kaplan for appealing legislation that tweaks the City’s existing rules on building backyard cottages. You’d think that the legislation was going to legalize backyard cottages. But here’s the deal: they are already legal, and have been for almost a decade. The code certainly can and should be improved to […]
