Rough Ride Again: City Charges Forward With Parks Proposal
Last Thursday at the end of a long day, someone sent me a message about a story on the 11PM KING 5 News about the Roosevelt neighborhood and zoning. It turns out that the City Attorney, Mayor, and Council were having a big press conference the next morning announcing they are going to seize some […]
City Builder: Developer Improves Building and Affordability
The lead in segment to Seattle Channel’s recent panel discussion on proposed legislation to reduce flexibility in leases for renters is one of the best and most balanced stories about the acquisition and redevelopment of an existing building. We’ve seen the stacked stories that only cover isolated instances of a few sad stories about tenants […]
Seattle as Open City: Upzone Single-Family, End Exclusionary Zoning
Part two of a post by David Moser. David Moser works on housing for Neighborhood House, a local non-profit. This post is a draft of an in-process working paper and was selected as a finalist in Seattle University’s Policy Incubator Competition, part of it’s Master of Public Administration program. Exclusionary Zoning in Seattle There are obviously many […]
