Surprise! Older Buildings and New Construction Mean Lower Rents
I’m not going to say much other than, yep, “We told you so!” Well maybe not you in particular, but the wide world in general. What’s the big shocker? It’s from Apartment List: As cities across the U.S. debate ways to improve affordability, it is crucial to understand the important role that aging buildings play […]
Washington’s First Pro-Housing Political Action Committee: Fair Housing Washington
Ok. You’re right. There are other political action committees (PAC) out there that support or oppose candidates and issues based on housing issues. But what Fair Housing Washington does is to go beyond the trade association or constituency model of PACs to aim purely at good policy. What I mean is that the Rental Housing […]
We Have a Leadership Crisis not a Housing Crisis: The Parable of the Broken Gas Gauge
Over the last holiday I had a loaner car, and I was driving down a narrow road toward my destination. The car was old, but was well maintained, I thought, by the garage that gave it to me while mine was getting maintenance. Suddenly, it started to make noise and lurch a bit. What was […]
