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What are you for?

We are for creating more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods, for all levels of income. We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth! We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth!

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Part 1. Affordability, Price, and Measuring a “Crisis”

When we talk about housing in Seattle, affordability dominates the conversation. Close behind are parking and design issues that tend to bother neighbors, and after that is the notion that somehow we’ve grown too much, too fast and the quality and character of life in Seattle is changing for the worse. But housing prices, expressed […]

In Defense of MORE Housing: New Book is a Distraction

Over at Forbes I’ve offered a more sustained take on a book that debuted last year called In Defense of Housing. It’s a version of a discussion I had year about a year ago about whether housing should be a right. The truth is it really doesn’t matter. The book spends its pages make the […]

Collaboration: Minneapolis Knows How, Seattle’s Council Doesn’t Have a Clue

There are a bunch of protections in state law against discriminating against people who are wanting to rent an apartment based on sex, religion, or race. They make sense, and in fact, they ought to be expanded to include sexual orientation. We think those decisions are best made at the state level. Why? Because Seattle […]