Is More Tower Spacing Downtown Dead?
Last week the tower spacing proposal from Councilmember Bagshaw seemed to be making a comeback after disappearing for awhile. The proposal was triggered by angry (and very wealthy) neighbors in the Escala building downtown who are worried about losing their views to new housing development. We’ve taken a strong stand that the benefits of more […]
We Told You So: Microhousing Now Bigger, Fewer, and More Expensive
I told you so. One is supposed to never say it, but in Seattle housing policy, especially when it comes to the City Council it’s almost impossible not to. So here I am saying it again. I told you so. People then said I was too obsessed with microhousing and what would happen if we […]
Can Public Housing be an Alternative to the Grand Bargain?
I watched a video of an excellent lecture called, “The Death of Public Housing” given by Professor Edward Getz given at the University of Washington School of Urban Studies in Tacoma. Professor Goetz is highly critical of the move away from publically built, owned, and operated housing in the United States. In his new book, […]
