Housing Tax: Will “Eliminate . . . Sustainable Features.”
Local green developer Sloan Ritchie has delivered his verdict on Councilmember Mike O’Brien: It’s a bad idea. In an article in the Puget Sound Business Journal, Ritchie, founder of Cascade Built, talks about a project he just built, the first multifamily passive house in Seattle. Ritchie’s approach to building is articulated at the Cascade Built […]
Washington Policy Center on Linkage Tax
I checked in with Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center to find out his thoughts on the proposed linkage tax. The Washington Policy Center is “an independent, non-profit, think tank that promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions.” So it’s not a surprise the Guppy doesn’t agree with the proposal. But I asked […]
Put More Money in the Housing Trust Fund
I’ve already written about the basic math when it comes to meeting the demand for affordable housing in the next two decades: the Multifamily Tax Exemption Program and the Housing Levy very efficiently can meet that need. Meanwhile, the linkage tax being promoted by Councilmember O’Brien is a pricey solution that will raise rents—exactly what […]
