Hearing Examiner: Design review “would tend to discourage new development.”
Erica Barnett at Publicola reported today on City action on an appeal to last year’s legislation on microhousing. Smart Growth Seattle weighed in on that proposal pointing out that the design review process would add needless costs, time, and process to microhousing development, costs ultimately born by renters who are currently getting good deal from […]
Think housing is expensive? Just wait until it’s affordable.
There is a question haunting Seattle—the question of affordability. Throughout the city many people feel like things in Seattle—especially housing—are too expensive. But what is affordable and what isn’t? And if housing prices are too high for people with certain levels of income, what’s the best way to fix that? And what is the City […]
2014: The Year of Housing Supply
As part of announcing our new partnership supporting the work of Smart Growth Seattle, I was asked to speak at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Community Development Round Table (CDRT). I spoke to the CDRT about 15 years ago about neighborhood development and how private development could be leveraged to support implementation of Seattle’s […]
