Discourse over housing and growth should be based on facts
A version of this post appears as an article in the Master Builder Magazine, a regular publication of the Master Builders Association. It continues along the theme started with this mornings post by Nick Etheredge. Here’s a sampling of the dialogue going on in Seattle about new housing and growth in the city. “Such statements […]
Value Capture: DPD, Councilmember Clark Hang Out “No Vacancy” Sign
In her post describing Smart Growth Seattle’s appeal of a proposed downzone of Seattle’s LR3, Erica Barnett explains that opponents of growth say that proposals to create more housing are Being rationalized [because] the added densities are needed to . . . get people out of their cars, curb sprawl and save the planet from […]
Am I on Candid Camera?
Last week we featured the comments of Jack McCullough, outgoing Chair of the Downtown Seattle Association. He wondered whether we have lost the progress in our progressivism. This week Bill Hinkle, Executive Director of the Rental Housing Association of Washington asks, “Am I on Candid Camera?” This post is a version of a article Hinkle wrote for […]