Winning Principles for Housing for the 2019 Legislative Session
As the legislative session winds down in Olympia, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about next year’s session. This year I think we did a pretty good job during the legislative session, defending the state’s preemption of local rent control measures, championing rural and urban collaboration with SB 6595, and forcing the non-profit industrial […]
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 […]
Vox Populis: A Recap of the Public Hearing on Rent Control
Later today we’ll find out whether proposed rent control legislation will live or die. In this guest post by Spencer R. Clark, Vice President of Investments at Marcus & Millichap runs down what happened early this week in the Senate committee that considered the repeal of the preemption of rent control. If the legislation does […]
