Trends to Watch in 2017: Scrutiny of the Non-Profit Housing Industrial Complex
I wrote a post at Forbes in late November that sparked kind of a firestorm among people who make money from the financing and construction of non-profit subsidized housing. The post, “How Trump Might Drain the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Swamp,” did have a click batey headline I’ll admit. But it got a lot […]
Trends to Watch in 2017: The Failure of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
You heard it here first: The Mayor and City Council’s scheme to shake down builders of market rate housing for fees and rent restricted housing (also known as Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning or MIZ) will collapse in 2017. Simply put, neighborhood opposition combined with growing disinterest from the non-profits who benefit from the cash wrung from […]
Trends to Watch in 2017: An Upsurge of Identity Politics
Something to watch unfold this year in Seattle as we try to work on the housing shortage which is leading to higher prices, is an upsurge of identity politics associated with housing. As a person of color (or POC as we’re called) I am concerned about the growing role that race is taking in our […]
