Before this post even gets started let me say that we are unequivocally opposed to impact fees in the city of Seattle. There are two reasons for this. The first is that by their nature impact fees just add cost to housing and currently all housing development in the city already pay extraordinary amounts towards […]
Even though the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability (HALA) Committee rejected them, the Mayor’s office of planning is still moving forward with a very extensive process to implement impact fees in Seattle. As often happens with City process, one part of the City was tasked with a project (put together an impact fee proposal) and […]
Last year the California Supreme Court upheld a San Jose law similar to the one being proposed here in Seattle. A lower court had found differently and now the case against the law has been appealed to the United States Supreme Court. The Court will decide whether it will hear the appeal. One thing different […]