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 […]
In San Francisco: A Brief History of Seattle’s Slide Away From Supply Side Solutions
I wrote at Forbes about my first take at a 5 to 7 minute presentation at a housing conference in San Francisco. I’ve been traveling and on the move, so I didn’t have an opportunity to post this yesterday, but this is more or less what I said at the conference. The organizers wanted me […]
Impact Fees: Herbold’s Plan to Save Money for Homeowners and Raise Rents
The following is a slightly edited version of a fundraising email I sent out yesterday. Seattle For Growth is the only group in town that calls this stuff out. It’s amazing to me that the Seattle City Council will keep utility rates for single-family home owners low at the expense of raising rates for renters. […]
