From a Small Landlord: If Rules and Politicians Aren’t Helping, Get Rid of Them
Here is another story from someone who provides housing sharing the mess being created by the City Council for people trying to make a living providing reasonably priced housing. We’ve also shared a couple stories from builders facing similar troubles trying to build housing and worried about rent control. The City Council has ceased to function […]
SB 6595: The Housing Efficiency and Fairness Act
When it comes to housing policy, City Hall has become impervious to data and reason. We know that the policy of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) will result in higher prices to cover fees that will be charged to new housing construction, exactly the opposite of what people looking for housing need. We also know the […]
Rent Control Bills Dead in Olympia
Adapted from an email sent last week to supporters. Some good news from Olympia. Friday at 5PM was the cut off for policy bills to be passed out of committee. After many visits to legislative offices, emails, interviews, committee meetings, and debates we can say we won this first skirmish. Both HB 2583 and SB 6400, […]
