Banks and Entrepreneurs Hold the Key to DADU Success
We’ve said it before but the problem with getting a lot more Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (DADUs) is regulatory but it is also about financing. The breathless contention over the last round of DADU legislation was a little overwrought since the legislation doesn’t deal with a key aspect of regulation that makes it impossible to […]
Seattle Builders Council Dinner Next Thursday
Next Thursday evening we’ll be hosting this year’s Seattle Builders Council Dinner with guest speakers John Wilson, King County Assessor and Simon Stevenson the director of the University of Washington’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies. We’ll be talking about the latest in housing policy in economics that are influencing housing supply in the months […]
Senator Braun: “Why is housing so expensive?”
In what has become a bipartisan quest in Olympia both the Governor and the Senate are now asking the same questions we’ve been asking: why is housing so expensive to build? That question applies to both non-profit subsidized housing and market rate housing. The difference as I’ve pointed out is that when prices go up […]
