Housing has too many unfunded mandates preventing fair outcomes.
Integrated housing (including folks with diff incomes) has many benefits -- It shouldn't cost extra to do the right thing.
Let's fund our Mandatory Housing Affordability programs fairly.
This may require state legislation! 👀
@danbertolet.bsky.socialSeattle's MHA is unfunded IZ. It block new homes until after prices rise, putting an invisible tax on tenants in older buildings.
It would be illegal under the funded IZ bill just passed by Oregon.
The city should fund it or ax it permanently.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
Developers want rollback of Seattle affordability program as construction stalls
The Mandatory Housing Affordability program was the result of a 2015 “grand bargain” between the city and developers that allowed larger buildings for a fee.