No Progress on Reducing Non-Profit Costs
The Daily Journal of Commerce reported last week routine news: more money for non-profit subsidized housing. SEATTLE — The Washington State Housing Finance Commission has approved nearly $269 million in financing for the new construction or preservation of 773 affordable apartments in Western Washington. The five projects are in Seattle, White Center, Bellevue, Mill Creek […]
Councilmember Mike O’Brien Isn’t Done Damaging Housing in Seattle
So if you thought that since Councilmember Mike O’Brien is not seeking reelection that he was done damaging he city’s housing economy think again. Not content with banning small houses on small lots, now O’Brien is killing single-family housing production of larger houses on single-family lots. From a story in the Seattle Times: For new […]
Must Watch: The Panic of 2008
I’m kicking off a series of posts at Forbes today about the housing discussion. The series is partially to get a lot of thoughts together in one thread. Lately I’ve been saying again and again to anyone that will listen, that we need to tackle some key problems today — like the notion that we’re […]
