Airbnb: Burgess’ Short-Term Rental Gambit Redistributes Scarcity
To this end, some propose mere welfare measures – while others come forward with grandiose systems of reform which, under the pretense of re-organizing society, are in fact intended to preserve the foundations, and hence the life, of existing society. Frederick Engels, on Bourgeois Socialists The Principles of Communism Seattle is entering a dangerous phase […]
Doing the Math? Try Again.
Chris Persons at Capitol Hill housing (who I have sparred with before) has a peculiar post called, “Doing the Math on Homelessness and Housing,” which needs a rewrite I think. I only point it out because the headline claims to “do the math,” and Persons math appears to be wrong and misleading. Let’s take it […]
TIFsplainer: Can We Use TIF to Build Housing on City Owned Land?
This post was written very quickly and mostly from memory. If you google my name and Tax Increment Financing, you’ll find a ton of stuff about many different aspects of this. But I wanted to get this all out even with some imperfections to get the conversation going. I’d suggest that along side this post […]
