How Does Seattle’s Bad Housing Policy Hurt Rural Immigrants?
When people in the media talk about a housing “crisis” (I still haven’t seen a quantitative definition of what that means) the image conjured up is usually an urban one. Whether it is homelessness or high rents or the lack of so called “workforce housing,” the concentration of the energy on the issues is mostly […]
SB 6400: The State Senate’s Version of Rent Control
This morning I’ll be testifying against Senate Bill 6400, the Senate version of the House’s bill, 2583. The bills do the same thing, repeal the state level preemption of rent control policies by local governments. I’ll mention much of what I said on the Dori Monson show last week: rent control doesn’t work to lower […]
Seattle’s New Bike Parking Requirements Show How Regulation Kills Housing
I’m often greeted with some skepticism when I make the point that regulation is making housing prices worse. Some people just don’t believe it, instead blaming greed or Amazon. Others dismiss what I’m saying as libertarianism; we shouldn’t have any rules! But David Neiman, an architect and an expert at explaining how bad rules and […]
