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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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You’ve Come a Long Way on Housing Supply, Seattle; Sort of

I remember it clearly, and to protect the guilty I won’t name names. But the conversation was about — what else? — housing, and I was with a person who worked for the Mayor’s office at the time and some other familiar faces of urbanism. Why, I asked wasn’t the Mayor’s housing committee (yes there […]

California Here We Come: Housing Forum to Cover Causes and Solutions to the Housing Shortage

I’ll be attending and speaking at a forum on Thursday in Sacremento hosted by the California Apartment Association. I hope to learn more from them and share where we’re headed on housing in Seattle.  CALIFORNIA HOUSING FORUM Inadequate housing stock threatens California’s economic future. We will explore not only the causes of California’s housing crisis, but also […]

Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Each year, as part of my annual report to our board, funders, and allies, I write a kind of State of Smart Growth introduction. It’s also intended to be encouragement for our sometimes beaten down side  of the growth, housing, and density argument — and for me who is the guy that does this all […]