Some Progress in Olympia: Senate Bills 5361 and 5441
There is a little bit of good news to report. We are grateful to Senator Hans Zeiger for sponsoring Senate Bill 5361, legislation that would enact recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee’s (JLARC) review of the differences between the costs of building non-profit and for-profit housing. The bill would require more cost reporting (something […]
Martin Luther King: “Somewhere I Read….”
If you find this post useful, consider a contribution to our work today. Martin Luther King was a man of words and action. I’m ambivalent about the official holiday celebrating his life and work. Is he worthy of the honor? Of course. But I worry that the dominant culture may have used the holiday to […]
More Density in Single-Family? We Tried That Once
Sometimes even I forget that I started my work on Seattle For Growth in an effort to expand supply of single-family housing. Yes, that’s right, my first assignment as it were was to support a solution to the “small-lot problem.” Back in 2012 and 2013 developers had found a way to subdivide single-family lots and build […]
