Looking Forward, Looking Back: Summer Throwback Series on Density
I know most people think I am outraged. I am. I’m really fed up with the direction of our city, particularly when it comes to housing. We’ve really lost the thread. The latest absurd thing going on is the “Save the Showbox” effort, a discussion almost completely void of anything edifying. And do we know […]
Digging Up Bones: Farmworker Housing Remains a Serious Need
I’ve written about it before, but this article goes back 20 years. Today’s shortage of farm labor (see: Washington growers struggle with a labor shortage) is made worse by lack of housing in rural Washington. Meanwhile the Housing Trust Fund pours more and more cash into pricey projects in Seattle, projects that are made more expensive […]
Digging Up Bones: When It Comes to Housing, Not Much Has Changed Since 1998
I’ve been going through some old boxes and among other things, I’ve discovered some articles I wrote in the late 1990s. Among the many peculiarities of finding things from the past is the fact that these articles aren’t available electronically. Back then, in order to use these articles I had to cut them out, arrange […]
