Why Vote “No” on the Housing Levy?
If you’re reading this, there is a pretty good chance you have read the voter’s guide and asked yourself, “Who would oppose the housing levy?” It has taken a long chain of abuses and misgovernment for me to turn against Seattle’s housing levy, a measure I supported the last time it was on the ballot […]
Oh Boy. Here We Go. Seattle Banning Credit Checks?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We are seeing the slow erosion of private rental property in Seattle and the United States. But the takeover of housing by government is speeding up. Last week the Seattle Renters’ Commission wrote a long letter to the Seattle City Council urging the end of credit […]
Please Shelve SB 5160: Work on Real Solutions
January 12, 2021 Greetings members of the Senate Housing and Local Government Committee, Once again the Chair has chosen to take a scorched earth approach to eviction with SB 5160, a bill written by, for, and with eviction defense attorneys. Nothing in this legislation will help a single mother with two jobs that lost them […]
