Mugatu Moment: MHA Fees Won’t Pay for Promised Non-Profit Subsidized Housing
In the press coverage of almost any public policy proposal there is a lot of debate about the numbers, especially how much new revenue might be raised and how it would be used. When it comes to Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) and Seattle’s version of it, Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) there seems to be very […]
Non-Profits On $500K Units: “It Is Simply Too Complicated to Explain.”
I don’t usually root around lots of public meeting minutes, even for City Council or legislative meetings. But for some reason yesterday I thought I’d look up the last few meetings of the Capitol Hill Housing Board of Directors. You may not know it, but Capitol Hill Housing is a Public Development Authority which means […]
A Room With A Nurse: The Finance Commission’s Bizarre Answer to $500K Units
Some things still surprise me. I guess I should be happy. Here’s the email I sent to members of the State House of Representative’s House Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs Committee. I testified in opposition to giving the Washington State Housing Finance Commission an increase on their debt limit without requiring more accountability. There is […]
