Why Are We Building Non-Profit Housing Units in Seattle?
We should be paying people’s rent. Based on my analysis of Housing Trust Fund data for 8 years, here’s some shocking numbers. Seattle received $61,398,506 in HTF between 2008 and 2016 That’s $7,674,813.25 HTF per year, or $639,567.77 per month Over that time 2316 units were built or 290 units per year If HTF offered $2000 […]
King County and Seattle Took Biggest Share of Housing Trust Funds from 2008-2016
I fell down a rabbit hole of data this past weekend, digging around 8 years of Housing Trust Fund (HTF) data. While the HTF doesn’t fund all non-profit affordable housing in Washington or Seattle, it forms an important part of the funding mix. The data I was working with was an Excel worksheet with all […]
Jobs Tax: For the Seattle City Council, Politics Matters More Than Science
The other night I got cc’ed on an email to the Mayor of Seattle and the Seattle City Council by my friend, science writer Alex Berezow. Berezow is a writes for a variety of publications both print and online and is Senior Fellow of Biomedical Science at the American Council on Science and Health. He’s also written […]
