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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Housing Market’
July 9th, 2015 - 12:02 pm § in Misc.
Sawant’s Socialist Alternative organization effectively served as a revolving fund for Sawant to deposit part of her city paycheck, then use that same money to send her around the world.
Is Kshama Sawant Using City Funds to Subsidize Her Campaign? .. Erica Barnett City Council member Kshama Sawant, who’s running to represent the city’s new District 3, invariably plugs the fact that she is “taking only the average workers’ salary,” $40,000, as a council member and contribut[...]
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[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 1:52 am § in The Ave Scene
A Real Debate About Seattle’s Housing Crisis
We Can’t Solve 21st Century Housing Problems with Failed 20th Century Strategies Last week, three city council members—frequent allies Nick Licata and Mike O’Brien, along with their less-likely comrade Tim Burgess, who’s facing two… THECISFORCRANK.COM Sarajane Siegfr[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 5:35 pm § in The Ave Scene
Living in Seattle
FACEBOOK: Sarajane Siegfriedt With Mayor Ed Murray‘s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) report due at the end of the month, it’s a good time to note that the developers have hijacked the definition of “affordability.” Here is why 80% of AMI is too high and [...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 9:43 am § in Misc.
Seattle and Apartheid
The Supreme Court Is About to Decide the Fate of Housing Segregation This is related to Seattle’s current debate about housing. If we create low income housing “down south” in the Rainier valley, the city could be accused of segregation .. unless the Republican Supremes come t[...]
Affordable apartments, food bank coming to U-District
KING 5’s Josh Green reports. Josh Green, KING 5 News6:31 p.m. PDT June 16, 2015 KING 5 reports that $400 a month for a studio in the University District? The Low Income Housing Institute believes it will become a reality here in about a year. The LIHI and the University District Food Bank[...]
June 17th, 2015 - 11:36 am § in The Ave Scene
VOTER EDUCATION FORUM IN DISTRICT 3 on Juneteenth
Africatown Juneteenth Voter Education Forum Join candidates from District 3, District 2 and at large seats District 8 & 9! THIS FRIDAY, June 19, 2015 6 PM – 8:30 PM New Hope Baptist Church 124 21st Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 Presented by Young Voters League co-sponsored by Black Doll[...]