Those Lots in Laurelhurst are Too Big!
The correspondence on microhousing is flowing hot and heavy these days. I got an e-mail from someone not happy with our support of microhousing. I responded by reminding the person that microhousing is a really good way of addressing increasing housing demand for people who don’t drive, want less space, and who want to live […]
Smart Growth Seattle: Op Ed in The Times
This morning the Seattle Times has a guest opinion article by yours truly. The headline says it all: Build more to drive down Seattle housing costs. Here’s a key paragraph: The Seattle City Council has a choice: Allow more housing to be built so everyone has more options or make things worse by clamping down on […]
The 100 Percent Rule: A Year of Preschool for 800 Kids
In my last post about the importance of the 100 percent rule staying in small-lot legislation I talked about the impact of creating 250 new homes, including jobs and tax revenue. Councilmember Tim Burgess has suggested that this number of homes is not “meaningful.” But based on methodology developed by the National Association of Home […]
