Smart Growth Seattle on the Radio
I went on the local National Public Radio affiliate KUOW’s Weeek in Review show on Friday with Bill Radke. I debated the week’s news with Erica C. Barnett from The C Is For Crank and Jess Spear with the Socialist Alternative Party. It was a wide ranging discussion including a sustained one about whether housing […]
Local Builders Skepitcal of NYC MIZ Scheme
The city that never sleeps, New York, is in the process of developing a Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) Program like the one Seattle is considering. An article in City Limits tries to get to the bottom of some of the math being used. In spite of some good reporting the article only finds the same […]
Facebook Shrugged: Bargain Supporters are Losing Patience with Criticism
I’ve been called obsessed and delusional about the Grand Bargain by one of its supporters. It’s true I have been going on and on at every opportunity to point out that the Bargain is just one of 65 recommendations and that the biggest piece of the Bargain–Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ)–is likely to raise housing prices […]
