We Have a Leadership Crisis not a Housing Crisis: The Parable of the Broken Gas Gauge
Over the last holiday I had a loaner car, and I was driving down a narrow road toward my destination. The car was old, but was well maintained, I thought, by the garage that gave it to me while mine was getting maintenance. Suddenly, it started to make noise and lurch a bit. What was […]
MHA, Lies, and Video Tape
As we discuss and prepare for a sustained legal challenge of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) or Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) as the City calls it’s program, I’ve been digging around for time I remember the City characterizing MHA. There are a fair number of what might be called “smoking guns” laying around in the public […]
Where Is Seattle’s Housing Future? Maybe In the Past.
I was writing up some broader thoughts about housing and as part of that spent some time going through things on this website. I had mixed feelings when I clicked on the menu item called “Seattle’s Housing Future.” My feelings were mixed because I realized how I still completely agree with everything on this list […]
