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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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Back to Ohio

This week I’ll be attending and speaking at the Ohio Realtors Spring Legislative Conference. The title of my session is Affordable Housing: Developing Policies that Encourage Housing Without Trampling on Private Property Rights. Property rights has become the province of the right wing. It shouldn’t be. Do we have property rights or not? Of course we […]

Power of Narrative: Rent Control is Back (but it Never Left)

Remember the Renters’ Commission? The City passed legislation to create it a few years ago amid some tepid protest from those of us who felt it would, yes, simply be a City funded platform to organize for rent control. Of course, the Commission dutifully recommended on April 1 (seriously) that the City needed rent control. […]

Conclusion: Creating Housing Affordability: Fixing Seattle to Solve a Global Crisis

Mark Routon is an experienced real estate broker and a student at Seattle Central College. He passionately believes that stable and affordable housing is a crucial need that must be met in order for any community to flourish. Last quarter, Mark was tasked with writing a research paper for his English class, and he took […]