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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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Dude, Where’s My Journalism

Locally based writer for the New York Times Tom Egan trotted out a bunch hackneyed terms and phrases about growth in an article titled “Dude, Where’s My City?” It left me asking Egan, “Dude, where’s your editor?” Here’s a paragraph that was among the worst: Rising rents threaten to push out the quirky and creative types […]

Hold the Date: How to Build Support for More Housing in Seattle

“How to Build Support for More Housing in Seattle: Advocacy and Grassroots Organizing” McCormick & Schmick’s Harborside Restaurant 1200 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 6:00 – 8:30 PM Join Roger Valdez, Director of Smart Growth Seattle, and Sonja Trauss, principal at the San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation (SF […]

Facebook: Another Conversation About Markets and Housing

There two things that cause some of us no end of frustration: really smart people mischaracterizing the views of a market approach to addressing housing issues‪ and an odd misunderstanding of what a market is and how it works. In the first case, nobody I know makes the argument that drastically deregulating the housing market will […]