Microhousing Design Review: Exploding Sinks, Misallocated Mailboxes, and Ugly Rhetoric
Some Seattle City staff and Councilmembers might be skeptical of our request that we not subject microhousing to design review until the design review process gets fixed. As I pointed out last week, the process is already bogged down with confusion, inept review, and subjective and speculative process that would add costs to rent. What would […]
Small-Lot Legislation: What Some Neighbors are Saying
I was forwarded an e-mail template being circulated among neighbors aimed at City Councilmembers who will be considering amendments to small-lot legislation on Tuesday. We’re still reviewing the legislation and will likely post comments tomorrow. But I thought it important to respond to the neighbors template here before the hearing at 2pm on Tuesday at […]
100,000 Units: Will We Learn From San Francisco
While putting together links for my last post I stumbled on this video clip. There’s nothing special about the image of a wordy Power Point presentation. But it’s worth listening to what the City of San Francisco’s Chief Economist Ted Egan says about housing supply and demand in the city. His analysis is what was […]
