Rent Control: Rising Rents are a Signal We Need More Housing, Not More Rules
Housing, like food, is important not just for survival but also for expanding opportunity for people of all levels of income. When housing is scarce, people with fewer dollars to spend feel the downsides of lack of housing supply the most. Those families see a greater and greater share of their incomes consumed by housing […]
Impact Fees: Herbold’s Plan to Save Money for Homeowners and Raise Rents
The following is a slightly edited version of a fundraising email I sent out yesterday. Seattle For Growth is the only group in town that calls this stuff out. It’s amazing to me that the Seattle City Council will keep utility rates for single-family home owners low at the expense of raising rates for renters. […]
MHA, Lies, and Video Tape
As we discuss and prepare for a sustained legal challenge of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) or Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) as the City calls it’s program, I’ve been digging around for time I remember the City characterizing MHA. There are a fair number of what might be called “smoking guns” laying around in the public […]
