Neighborhood MHA Appeal Squashed: What Happened, Why, and What’s Next?
Last week the City’s Hearing Examiner removed the last barrier for citywide implementation of the City’s Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) scheme by finding against neighborhood groups that had appealed implementation of MHA. Neighborhood groups argued that the City failed to properly review and consider the impacts of MHA. They failed to persuade, so now the […]
Design Review: Comments on Aurora 48 Project
Last night I attended a design review meeting for Aurora 48, a 45 unit project at the corner of 47th and Aurora in Fremont. Big issues brought up by one person was parking — the project has 16 required parking spots — and the impact of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), which puzzles the board. As […]
Seattle For Growth on the Seattle Channel: Smart Solutions Needed for Showbox, URMs
Last week I had the opportunity to push back on the notion that the only way to “save” the Showbox theater downtown is to slap a historic designation on it. This makes absolutely no sense. The problem with the Showbox venue — and old brick building downtown slated for demolition to make way for housing — […]
