Again and Again: MIZ Raises Housing Prices to Fund an Inefficient Subsidy System
Here I go again. Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) is an inflationary intervention in the housing market that simply adds what amounts to a unauthorized tax to new housing and commercial space. The money generated from the tax will end up being poured into a grossly inefficient system of subsidized housing production that will create very, […]
Take the Survey on Minimum Room and Dwelling Unit Sizes
I’ve been serving on a subcommittee of the Construction Code Advisory Board (CCAB) on smaller living spaces. I know, what’s the CCAB? Well, the CCAB is a hard working group of experts in various fields of construction and building that review changes to the building code. The building code is a powerful way of ensuring […]
Analogy Department: Just Bake More Bread!
If you been following my presentations in public and my writing on the topic of housing, you’ll know that I often deploy the “Bake More Bread” analogy. Arches Magazine, the regular publication of my alma matter the University of Puget Sound features me in their fall edition and I’m quoted putting it this way: If you […]
