The 100 Percent Rule: A Year of Preschool for 800 Kids
In my last post about the importance of the 100 percent rule staying in small-lot legislation I talked about the impact of creating 250 new homes, including jobs and tax revenue. Councilmember Tim Burgess has suggested that this number of homes is not “meaningful.” But based on methodology developed by the National Association of Home […]
Left and Right Agree: $15 Should Mean More Housing Supply!
A recent article in the National Review about Seattle’s recent embrace of a $15 minimum wage (eventually) cites a housing study completed by the Wharton School of Business in 2007. The study conducted by economist Joseph Gyourko, includes an index based on the regulatory environment in cities across the United States. The higher the number, the […]
Southwest Design Review Board: “Banal, amateurish, agenda driven and ignorant.”
West Seattle Blog has a post that is a couple of weeks old now, but is a great case study in why the City’s design review process is a complete and total failure. I’m going to quote extensively from Tracy Record’s amazingly detailed coverage of the proceedings. First the history of the project: 3824 California […]
