More MIZ: SEPA Problems and a Rift Between City Staff and HALA Co-Chairs
When legislation is about to pass things can get interesting. As I pointed out in a previous posts more problems have emerged with legislation being considered today by the Council to pass the Framework for the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) program. The issue is whether SEPA has been done properly or whether the City is […]
Council to Pass MIZ Framework In Spite of New Legal Concerns
Later this morning, the Seattle City Council will take one step closer to imposing a full fledged Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) policy requiring fees or inclusion of price controlled housing units with all new construction. Along with the many arguments we’ve made against the proposal there is an additional one: the City Council is acting […]
Herbold’s New Red Line: Why Make it Harder to Build in Poor Neighborhoods?
Councilmember Lisa Herbold’s amendment to the framework for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning sends a bizarre signal to the housing market: don’t build housing in poor neighborhoods. We’ve already said over and over again that Mandatory Incentive Zoning (MIZ) adds costs and delays to the production of housing with fees and inclusion requirements. Those costs, imposed to create […]
