Here We Go: Sawant Uses Crisis to Call for Rent Control
Rent control in the United States began with an emergency: World War II. New York and many other cities around the country still have it. Not wasting the chaos in the moment, Councilmember Sawant has written a letter to Governor Jay Inslee. I urge you to immediately enact a rent freeze through the rest of […]
The COVID-19 Eviction Ban is Here
Mayor Jenny Durkan is imposing a ban on evictions for 30 days because of COVID-19. This ban will last through April and could be extended. Let me start with a paragraph I wrote in a post at Forbes about COVID-19 eviction bans: “An eviction ban now does nothing to replace lost wages, money that people […]
The Best of Seattle For Growth: The Inconvenient Truth About Workforce Housing
It was 2014, when microhousing and small-lot housing still existed. There was no Mandatory Housing Affordability. Low-rise zones were thriving with more apartments than townhomes. I was in the last week of my old job as a housing director at a non-profit. My last day was February 14th, Valentine’s day. I had left that full […]
