Seattle For Growth Et Al : Our Appeal of Impact Fees is now Scheduled
It’s probably because I am a geek, but I love seeing “Seattle for Growth ET AL” at the top of our appeal. Because we filed first, the case has our name on it. Even better, a group called the Seattle Mobility Coalition has filed an appeal too and they have a top notch attorney. I’ve […]
Comments to the Legislature on JLARC Findings
Last week we sent the legislature these comments on the findings and recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee’s (JLARC) analysis of housing costs across the non-profit and for-profit sectors. The JLARC review was precipitated by language in the 2017 Washington State operating budget we requested. I’ve written about the results but I’ve heard […]
First Read of JLARC Study: More Smaller Units Could Lower Per Unit Costs
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) has released their study of housing costs that we supported in the State Budget in 2017. It was supposed to compare non-profit housing costs with market rate housing costs. It didn’t do that. In spite of our offer to help JLARC get market rate data, they said […]
