March on Amazon? Maybe it’s Not Such a Bad Idea!
So the flier in the featured image of this post has been showing up on line lately. Here’s the details from a Facebook post: On May 1st, 2017, we are calling on all interested and affected parties to converge on Westlake Park to march on Amazon HQ in South Lake Union. We will rally at […]
Sightline Corroborates Our Message….Again!
Dan Bertolet at the Sightline Institute has delivered his promised post on the impact of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) on low-rise zones in the city. The news is what we’ve been saying a million times: MIZ won’t work and will actually make prices for housing in Seattle worse, not better. Indeed, my previous case studies […]
Part 2: How Price Becomes Affordability and People Become Units
This is a second of what will be three posts about the current state of the debate in housing in Seattle. I may add one more about where things might go and if there is any hope we can rescue the debate and policy direction. And I lied. The third post is going to […]
