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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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Giving Tuesday: Why Give to Seattle For Growth Today?

Today is Giving Tuesday. We’re going with it and here’s our pitch.  Seattle For Growth is your advocacy organization; a voice for people doing good things for the economy and for housing in Seattle and all over Washington. We aren’t lobbyists or lawyers. There are lots of good lobbyists and lawyers. Seattle For Growth advocates […]

Neighborhood MHA Appeal Squashed: What Happened, Why, and What’s Next?

Last week the City’s Hearing Examiner removed the last barrier for citywide implementation of the City’s Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) scheme by finding against neighborhood groups that had appealed implementation of MHA. Neighborhood groups argued that the City failed to properly review and consider the impacts of MHA. They failed to persuade, so now the […]

Design Review: Comments on Aurora 48 Project

Last night I attended a design review meeting for Aurora 48, a 45 unit project at the corner of 47th and Aurora in Fremont. Big issues brought up by one person was parking — the project has 16 required parking spots — and the impact of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), which puzzles the board. As […]