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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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Seattle Wants to Tax Jobs: More Money, More Money, More Money!

Seattle as a city and as a government is becoming notorious for creating task forces, committees, and other convening’s to come up with solutions to “big problems.” Almost without exception, the task force states the problem as “severe” a “crisis” or a problem at such as scale to demand action now. Usually there are big […]

Winning Principles for Housing for the 2019 Legislative Session

As the legislative session winds down in Olympia, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about next year’s session. This year I think we did a pretty good job during the legislative session, defending the state’s preemption of local rent control measures, championing rural and urban collaboration with SB 6595, and forcing the non-profit industrial […]

Mugatu Moment: MHA Fees Won’t Pay for Promised Non-Profit Subsidized Housing

In the press coverage of almost any public policy proposal there is a lot of debate about the numbers, especially how much new revenue might be raised and how it would be used. When it comes to Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) and Seattle’s version of it, Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) there seems to be very […]