DPD Recommendations on Microhousing: Why Subject a Good Thing to a Bad Process?
What follows is the text of a letter sent by Smart Growth Seattle last week in response to the Department of Planning and Development’s recommendations to the City Council on microhousing. The Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee will soon be considering legislation that would affect future microhousing developments; that legislation is likely to be […]
Microhousing Group Responds to Questions Raised by City Council
A few weeks ago, Seattle City Councilmembers Tom Rasmussen, Sally Clark, and Nick Licata issued a memo to the Department of Planning and Development asking them to draft legislation and to find answers to a number of questions about microhousing. Here is that memo: Council Microhousing Memo Final052413 Smart Growth Seattle has convened a group […]
Microhousing Debate: Social Engineering Becomes Social Plumbing
Smart Growth Seattle has taken on the microhousing issue that has been captivating the attention of the press and City Council lately. There was a panel debate that happened last week and tomorrow I’ll be on a panel sponsored by Publicola. The action with that panel starts at 6:00 Tuesday at the JewelBox Theater at […]
