Mike Scott: Can You Handle The Truth About Apartment Rents?
The average apartment rent in Seattle rose 8.3% in the past year. That’s a lot. No doubt about it. It beats inflation. It beats wage growth. So some in the media and special interest groups take to calling this a problem of skyrocketing rents, a crisis, an emergency. Is it really? Let’s take a look. […]
Let Council Know You’re Against Rasmussen Amendments to LR Legislation
There isn’t any simpler way to put it: Please let the City Council know you oppose Councilmember Rasmussen’s efforts to return currently low-rise legislation to the form it was in when we appealed it last year. Councilmember Rasmussen has 9 amendments before the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee tomorrow afternoon. We need your […]
How High Is It? Housing Affordability Measures are Way Off
Every year much is made by non-profit affordable housing advocates of the Out of Reach report, a study produced by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). Every year the study puts out a number of what a person would have to earn to afford an apartment. The standard always used is the typical one, […]
