Power of Narrative: Things That Make You Go, “WTF?”
I’ve been writing a lot lately at Forbes about the power of narrative, the way stories and perceptions can take hold and be incredibly hard to overcome. The most obvious one lately is the notion that eviction is a “crisis” or an “epidemic;” it’s neither, but all it takes is a slapped together “report” and […]
Are You Worried About Increases In the Real Estate Excise Tax (REET)?
Well, you should be. But were you concerned two and a half years ago when I wrote this? This Week in Olympia: Another Cash Grab by Non-Profit Housers Maybe not. Mostly, back then, I got shrugs and “whattyagonnados” from just about everyone I complained to about it. I expressed my concerns and doubts about messing […]
We Don’t Need Rent Control: We Already Have the MFTE Program, Rent Restrictions
Exactly a four years ago yesterday, I wrote a post at Publicola about why we don’t need rent control. The post was built on the idea that we already have thousands of rent restricted units, that is, units of housing that have rents that can’t go up because they are restricted to rents by covenant, […]
