Taking into account that the November electorate differs somewhat from primary voters, I’ll predict that both Sawant and Burgess will be reelected. Godden, 83, isn’t the dynamic force on the council (was she ever?) voters are looking for to deal with our rapidly evolving city, and whether or not[...]
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August 7th, 2015 - 10:49 am § in Misc.
ROGER RABBIT: Seattle’s city council election, Sawant, and housing.
July 21st, 2015 - 5:56 pm § in Misc.
SEATTLE HOUSING .. a breakthough idea
Sarajane Siegfriedt Good news for affordable housing! More land will soon be available in Seattle, so we don’t have to tear down our most affordable older, SF homes. The City determined last year that we have at least three times the zoned capacity to meet the 20-year growth goals. (They’[...]
July 20th, 2015 - 8:54 am § in The Ave Scene
Housing in Seattle
Sarajane Siegfriedt Single-family zones (in Seattle) are being accused of being “exclusionary,” implying that they are racially exclusive. As the article in Crosscut says, this is historically false. Of all the 15,000 or more multifamily units built or permitted recently, none–[...]
July 18th, 2015 - 10:26 am § in The Ave Scene
An Architect From San Francisco Comments of the Unforseen Consequences of Seattle’s Housing Policy.
Maureen Bean Ui Lassig There is FAR more to the issue than just supplying additional dwelling units per acre. The situation here, in the SF Bay Area, is analogous to Seattle’s. We are hemmed in by the coastal hills on one side and the water on the other. All the economically feasible areas hav[...]
July 15th, 2015 - 8:36 am § in Misc.
Why Seattle needs a linkage fee on new lux housing.
Developers here in Seattle argue that the new high priced housing being built here will enlarge the market and drive down prices for more affordable housing. That trickle down effect is obviously not happening. An OpEd editorial in the SF Examiner may explain why this happens even when SF[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 8:45 am § in Misc.
Josh Feit Pontificates on Single Family Housing
PUBLICOLA I presume that the intent of the person who leaked the draft to the Seattle Times was to sabotage the idea by outing it to an anticipated chorus of uniform boos. There’s some telling symbolism in their evident misread of the situation on the ground. The people who are intent on preservin[...]
July 11th, 2015 - 1:37 am § in Misc.
Housing Crisis: Look at Vancouver!
Soaring Vancouver home prices “Average, hardworking Canadian residents are being forced to compete for housing with the global wealthy,” Sinophobia comes to Vancouver BC … “In interviews, five real estate agents who primarily sell homes on Vancouver’s exclusive west[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 9:42 am § in The Ave Scene
UPDATE: Seattle Housing Taskforce Proposes Dissing Single Family Home Neighborhoods
“Drop single-family zoning”, “Seattle’s zoning has roots in racial and class exclusion and remains among the largest obstacles to realizing the city’s goals for equity and affordability.” Sarajane Siegfriedt, Facebook I can’t imagine anything more divisive. D[...]
July 7th, 2015 - 11:13 pm § in Misc.
Seattle Times reports that the housing task force wants to sucker punch foks living in single homes
“Drop single-family zoning.” “Seattle’s zoning has roots in racial and class exclusion and remains among the largest obstacles to realizing the city’s goals for equity and affordability.” ” I’ve been writing Jolts for years, and my jaw is on the floor. Josh Fei[...]
July 2nd, 2015 - 8:16 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle loses 160 units of low income housing in fight over right to work.
“Certainly, the politics were part of the issue,” David Thyer, president of Seattle-based R.C. Hedreen & Co. (story based on article in Puget Sound Business Journal) The fight is over the right to form a union. In addition to the 160 low income housing units, there would have bee[...]