MIZ Example: No Value Exchange, Just Higher Prices
I’ve been writing about the problems with Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) for a long time now. In short, MIZ is infeasible, inflationary, and most likely illegal. The idea of extracting money to pay for rent restricted housing might be a good political solution but it would add costs that would make some projects infeasible and […]
Election Day: Burke, Democracy, and a Vision of the City
It’s difficult on Election Day for me to not get historical and philosophical about the big day. This year there seems to be a lot at stake for people across the country and right here at home. When I consider our democracy I can’t help but think about Edmund Burke, perhaps the most overlooked of […]
Analogy Department: Just Bake More Bread!
If you been following my presentations in public and my writing on the topic of housing, you’ll know that I often deploy the “Bake More Bread” analogy. Arches Magazine, the regular publication of my alma matter the University of Puget Sound features me in their fall edition and I’m quoted putting it this way: If you […]
