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We are for creating more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods, for all levels of income. We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth! We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth!

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More Density in Single-Family? We Tried That Once

Sometimes even I forget that I started my work on Seattle For Growth in an effort to expand supply of single-family housing. Yes, that’s right, my first assignment as it were was to support a solution to the “small-lot problem.” Back in 2012 and 2013 developers had found a way to subdivide single-family lots and build […]

Curb Your Enthusiasm on Single-Family Abolition and Stop Rising Costs and MHA

There has been a lot of breathless hullabaloo about Seattle’s planning commission report pointing out that single-family zoning is a problem. The headline for their report in the Seattle Times was Seattle’s housing crunch could be eased by changes to single-family zoning, City report says.  Meanwhile, all sorts of noise has been made about some […]

The Problem With MHA: Seattle For Growth in the Seattle Times

On Friday the Seattle Times printed an editorial I wrote about the problems with Seattle Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program, their version of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ). The program cleared a big hurdle before the Thanksgiving holiday when the Hearing Examiner ruled against neighborhood groups opposed to the upzones that are part of MHA. The […]