List of Costs and Delays to Housing Production Keeps Growing
It’s been a task that I have been wanting to undertake for some time: putting all the snags and costs and incremental regulatory hang ups that, together, are making increasingly difficult to deliver housing to the market. I’m still working on the costs figures for each of these. It’s not easy always to estimate or […]
A Room With A Nurse: The Finance Commission’s Bizarre Answer to $500K Units
Some things still surprise me. I guess I should be happy. Here’s the email I sent to members of the State House of Representative’s House Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs Committee. I testified in opposition to giving the Washington State Housing Finance Commission an increase on their debt limit without requiring more accountability. There is […]
Berkeley Study: Cost Per Unit Goes Up Because of Rules, Regulations
As I’ve pointed out already, non-profit housing producers get stomping mad when I point out the cost per unit of their product. They say, “It doesn’t work like that!” And whenever I point out the fact that rules, regulations, fees, and process overreach adds to the price of housing, I often get, “Oh, you just […]
