TIFsplainer: Can We Use TIF to Build Housing on City Owned Land?
This post was written very quickly and mostly from memory. If you google my name and Tax Increment Financing, you’ll find a ton of stuff about many different aspects of this. But I wanted to get this all out even with some imperfections to get the conversation going. I’d suggest that along side this post […]
The Key Challenge for Backyard Cottages in Seattle is Financing
Josh Kelety at the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog has a comprehensive post about the latest discussions about increasing the number of Detached Accessory Dwelling Units or DADUs also called backyard cottages. As we pointed out before, the main snag for most people interested in building a backyard cottage as housing, is financing. [Valdez] argues that while the […]
Most Promising HALA Recommendation: On-Street Parking Reform
Buried deep in the HALA document are a pair of recommendations that could, if pursued, really effect neighborhoods where new infill development and parking politics collide. By awarding recommendations “OP1 Create a parking benefit district and ‘cap and trade’ demonstration/pilot program“ and “OP2 Explore revising the Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) program” as the most promising […]
