Are Impact Fees Better than Linkage Taxes and MIZ?
Before this post even gets started let me say that we are unequivocally opposed to impact fees in the city of Seattle. There are two reasons for this. The first is that by their nature impact fees just add cost to housing and currently all housing development in the city already pay extraordinary amounts towards […]
Impact Fees Rejected by HALA, City Considers Them Anyway
Even though the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability (HALA) Committee rejected them, the Mayor’s office of planning is still moving forward with a very extensive process to implement impact fees in Seattle. As often happens with City process, one part of the City was tasked with a project (put together an impact fee proposal) and […]
Year of the City Builder? We Are Getting Closer to Changing the Story
We set out at the beginning of this year calling it the Year of the City Builder, a year in which we’d see a noticeable shift in anti-developer sentiment. While we made an effort and a difference, the narrative in Seattle remained hostile to the building and development community. Part of that was losing a […]
