California Here We Come: Housing Forum to Cover Causes and Solutions to the Housing Shortage

I’ll be attending and speaking at a forum on Thursday in Sacremento hosted by the California Apartment Association. I hope to learn more from them and share where we’re headed on housing in Seattle.  CALIFORNIA HOUSING FORUM Inadequate housing stock threatens California’s economic future. We will explore not only the causes of California’s housing crisis, but also […]

Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Each year, as part of my annual report to our board, funders, and allies, I write a kind of State of Smart Growth introduction. It’s also intended to be encouragement for our sometimes beaten down side  of the growth, housing, and density argument — and for me who is the guy that does this all […]

Solving Homelessness: Notes from My Visit to Utah

The state of Utah conjures up many things for people, but perhaps most prevalent is the noting that it is a deeply conservative place culturally and politically. So headlines saying that Utah had effectively ended homelessness stood out even more than they might have had say Minnesota made the same claim. However, what I learned […]