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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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Facebook Shrugged: Bargain Supporters are Losing Patience with Criticism

I’ve been called obsessed and delusional about the Grand Bargain by one of its supporters. It’s true I have been going on and on at every  opportunity to point out that the Bargain is just one of 65 recommendations and that the biggest piece of the Bargain–Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ)–is likely to raise housing prices […]

MFTE Creates More Savings for Renters than Mandatory Inclusion

Let’s do a more detailed comparison of housing produced under the City’s Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program and the housing that might be produced under the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) proposal that is part of the so called Grand Bargain. Example: A 50 Unit Small Efficiency Dwelling Unit (SEDU) Project on Capitol Hill, near a […]

A Great Debate: Harvey and Glaeser on Housing Markets and Poverty

This debate between geographer David Harvey, an avowed Marxist and  author of Rebel Cities and Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of the City who calls himself an old New York Republican, took place awhile ago, at the end of 2013. I’m posting it now because the discussion of the economic forces of growth are […]