Durkan-Sawant Jobs Tax: Why Doesn’t Left Support Cash Payments for Rent?
I love math; I can watch people doing it for hours. I’m not particularly all that smart but I do have access to a calculator and a spreadsheet and the internet. So here’s one dumb guy’s, philosopher math on the Sawant-Durkan tax on jobs that will likely pass in the weeks ahead. According to the […]
Housing Trust Fund: Rural Washington Has Older Housing Units
I’ve been looking at years of Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocation data and have already pointed out that King County gobbles up a big share of the pie for very expensive construction projects even though rural Washington is relatively poorer and less well off, and has lower vacancy rates for rental housing. Now, after looking at […]
First In Time Rule Overturned as Unconstitutional
We just found out late this evening that the appeal of Seattle’s First in Time rule — a requirement that a landlord rent to the first person shows up — was overturned. I haven’t had time to fully digest all the elements of the ruling but the language is very favorable. It was a breathtaking […]
