Solving Homelessness Is More Complex Than Just Supply
In a recent article, I wrote about homelessness and mentioned that the building boom of new (mostly luxury) apartments hasn't positively affected One Night...
Ensuring Comprehensive Rezones Are Not A Missed Opportunity 30 Years From Now
Like many desirable and economically strong coastal cities Seattle is experiencing rapidly rising rents. The Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee understands part...
Map of the Week: Every Job in the Puget Sound
Jobs, jobs, jobs. It's all about the jobs. But where exactly are they? Robert Manduca, a PhD student at Harvard University who specializes in sociology, data, and...
Repeating The Case For Inelastic Land Supply
A month ago, I made the case for why urbanists must support linkage fees. In response, Dan Bertolet at Smart Growth Seattle argued that linkage fees...
Off-Street Parking Regulations Aren’t An Equalizer, They’re A Segregater
Seth Goodman of Reinventing Parking shared some nuanced perspectives on the negative social, economic, and environmental impacts of off-street parking requirements in article yesterday. Backing...
Why Urbanists Must Support Linkage Fees and Inclusionary Zoning: A Scalable Policy For Affordable...
Over the past few years a convincing narrative emerged explaining high housing costs in cities. As the narrative goes, urban housing is expensive because...
Will Linkage Fees Keep Properties Off The Market?
In my last article on linkage fees I made the case that the typical supply and demand dynamics we are familiar with from buying gasoline...
Downtown Sees Big Growth, And That’s Good for Seattle
The Downtown Seattle Association released their 2015 State of Downtown Economic Report and things are looking good. We’re number one in, well, a lot:...