MFTE Creates More Savings for Renters than Mandatory Inclusion
Let’s do a more detailed comparison of housing produced under the City’s Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program and the housing that might be produced under the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) proposal that is part of the so called Grand Bargain. Example: A 50 Unit Small Efficiency Dwelling Unit (SEDU) Project on Capitol Hill, near a […]
A Great Debate: Harvey and Glaeser on Housing Markets and Poverty
This debate between geographer David Harvey, an avowed Marxist and author of Rebel Cities and Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of the City who calls himself an old New York Republican, took place awhile ago, at the end of 2013. I’m posting it now because the discussion of the economic forces of growth are […]
Does Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Work?
I’ve been obsessed (as one Facebook commenter said) with trying to disentangle the recommendations of the HALA Committee from the Grand Bargain. The ideas in HALA are not dependent on the Grand Bargain’s mandatory inclusionary zoning scheme. And it is crucial as the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing requirements are discussed that everyone think the proposal all […]
