Over 90% of Seattle’s New Buildings Are Mixed-Use or Multi-Family
The City of Seattle released new construction data on January 15th and it shows a remarkable amount of new building. There were 8,311 housing...
The Price of Market Freedom
I’ve found that many people conflate supply and demand, or price-based resource allocation, with the pseudo-ideal of a libertarian “free market”.
Supply and demand is...
Linkage Fees are a supply-side solution: Or, how land owners end up paying for...
Linkage Fees, proposed fees on new development to pay for affordable housing, have a lot of critics. And the critics' arguments are probably all...
Sunday Video: Structural Racism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW764dXEI_8
The history of racism in cities and development persists today even though red lining and racist covenants on property are no longer legal.
How Affordable Is Living In Seattle? Housing and Transportation Edition
Housing and transportation costs are closely intertwined.
Getting the true cost of housing requires calculations beyond the costs paid for rent or mortgage.
The federal...