Good News! Rob Johnson is New Land Use Chair
Earlier this year we took a look at the candidates for City Council and found the field lacking with a couple exceptions. One of those bright spots was Rob Johnson who won his campaign for the District 4 spot. Sadly, another candidate that seemed to understand builder and housing issues, Shannon Braddock, lost to long […]
Non Sequitur: How Housing Price Becomes an “Affordability Crisis”
I noted in my letter about the Grand Bargain to the Mayor and members of the Seattle City Council that If the stated problem being addressed by the [Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda] . . . effort and the Grand Bargain was housing price, we have yet to see any metric established for determining how […]
Grand Bargain: 10 Questions for the Mayor and City Council (and City Attorney)
December 14, 2015 Dear Mayor Murray and Members of the City Council, In the days and weeks since the announcement of the Grand Bargain, concerns and uncertainty have grown among people who build housing and mixed-use development outside of Downtown and South Lake Union about how mandatory upzones associated with the Bargain will be implemented. […]
