Not EVERYONE Agrees Grand Bargain is a Bargain
I find myself heading down to City Hall often these days to throw shade on various proposals about housing hatched by well meaning people at City Hall usually backed with dubious data and economics. Yesterday was no different. The Council passed resolutions putting them on a course to force builders to take more square footage […]
Concerns About Grand Bargain’s Financial Feasibility Grow
We’re going to be spending a lot of time this week looking at whether the upzones proposed as part of the so called Grand Bargain on housing actually add value to projects. Intuitively, I think the Grand Bargain isn’t feasible financially. New square footage comes at a cost and so do rent restrictions. My guess […]
Election 2015: It Was Good, but Not That Good
Already we’re seeing lots of things being read into this weeks election with Knute Berger suggesting that it means Seattle has moved even further to the left and the Seattle Times suggesting that “Urbanists” (whoever they are) won the election. For people who produce housing in Seattle, the election is a lot like taking a […]
