When it comes to housing policy, City Hall has become impervious to data and reason. We know that the policy of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) will result in higher prices to cover fees that will be charged to new housing construction, exactly the opposite of what people looking for housing need. We also know the […]
Adapted from an email sent last week to supporters. Some good news from Olympia. Friday at 5PM was the cut off for policy bills to be passed out of committee. After many visits to legislative offices, emails, interviews, committee meetings, and debates we can say we won this first skirmish. Both HB 2583 and SB 6400, […]
Later today we’ll find out whether proposed rent control legislation will live or die. In this guest post by Spencer R. Clark, Vice President of Investments at Marcus & Millichap runs down what happened early this week in the Senate committee that considered the repeal of the preemption of rent control. If the legislation does […]