Seattle For Growth Appeals Impact Fee Determination
Today Seattle For Growth, an advocacy organization supporting more housing of all kinds in all neighborhoods for people of all levels of income, filed an appeal to the City’s Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for its proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan to allow the creation of impact fees on new housing. “The underlying proposal for […]
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, […]
Wanted: Bi-Partisain Effort to Reform Housing in Washington State
This is my email to State Senator Guy Palumbo and State Senator Mark Mullet who wrote an important opinion editorial in the Seattle Times over the weekend. I’m hoping their join our reform efforts not for more and more and more money, but sensible, fair and efficient reforms. Palumbo and Mullet are Democrats. Will they […]
