Last week, we got the jump on a really misleading “report” that, once again, somehow, a relatively small number of real estate transactions are distorting the entire housing market. The Stranger felt compelled to respond with a flailing post that mentions my name 8 times but really doesn’t show how around 1,600 units of expensive […]
Another “report” has emerged about housing in Seattle and the Seattle Times has a story about its claims that somehow less than two thousand pricey units are somehow destroying the whole housing economy in the city and making life hard for poor people. It’s nonsense. I caught wind of the 51 page analysis of just […]
Recently the 32nd Democratic legislative district organization passed a resolution supporting rent control. Here’s an image of the wordy document. The advocates and Sawant noted that it was “endorsed without opposition.” Local Democrats who have a big impact on the upcoming election are falling in line to support rent control But remember, that the City’s official […]