Smart Growth Seattle: Op Ed in The Times
This morning the Seattle Times has a guest opinion article by yours truly. The headline says it all: Build more to drive down Seattle housing costs. Here’s a key paragraph: The Seattle City Council has a choice: Allow more housing to be built so everyone has more options or make things worse by clamping down on […]
Burgess: New Housing Not Meaningful?
We’re getting close. Small-lot legislation passed out of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee on Tuesday, May 6. Now the legislation has to be approved by the full Council on Monday, May 19th. But Tim Burgess is persisting with this intention to amend the 100 percent rule out of the legislation at the […]
Small-Lot Compromise Passes PLUS Test, but What About Burgess?
Today the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee took the next to last step in finalizing small-lot legislation. It’s been almost two years now since the City Council passed legislation shutting down development on historic lots, promising to create legislation that would clarify existing code so that infill development in single-family neighborhoods could continue. […]
