God Pods: Builders Give Back
Here’s an example of how builders get engaged with community using their skills, know how, and resources to support community endeavors. One of Smart Growth Seattle’s founders, Dan Duffus, was instrumental in putting together a microhousing project for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The Union Gospel Mission is a faith based organization working to prevent homelessness. […]
2015: Year of the City Builder
This post is really an e-mail we sent to the broader development and builder community and it highlights some of what we did last year and what we’re looking to do this year. Last year, I said 2015 would be the year of supply. This year will be the Year of the City Builder, the […]
Why is Housing Expensive? Builders Know.
Editors Note: This post originated from a discussion about linkage taxes at the presentation of the painting pictured above to honor Martha Rose’s service over the past year as President of the Master Builders Association. Her e-mail reminded me of F. A. Hayek‘s seminal article, The Use of Knowledge in Society, written in 1945. Rose succinctly […]
