So if housing is a right, not a commodity to be bought and sold the question still remains: don’t we need more.

I’m not being snide here at all. What I am asking is, if we have 1000 people who need homes and 100 homes then whether housing is a commodity or a right, don’t we still need to build at least 900 more units of housing? What I find mystifying is why advocates of housing as a right seem to always demand that price controls and other mandates be imposed instead of more production.

Can’t we all agree we need more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods and corners of Seattle that is affordable to all levels of income? Isn’t that true whether housing is a right or a commodity?