Good, go after Starbucks and any other company who tries to pull this crap. Fine them to the wall and make them have second thoughts first instead of going "yeah, we can do that, the penalties are low."
First half of the article sounded a bit “say nothing with a lot of words,” but I’m really glad they brought that Seattle can and should continue to improve it’s programs. Housing first should be a right for all
Rent control doesn’t address the root of our housing problems: a lack of available high-density housing. NIMBY homeowners have made it illegal to build new apartment complexes and condos via strict zoning laws. They’ve artificially restricted the supply of housing in order to jack up their own property values.
If a town has 80 apartments while 100 families need housing, rent control does nothing for the 20 families who can’t find an apartment when it’s illegal to meaningfully increase the supply of housing.
Housing in Seattle will continue to be fucked until we reform our zoning laws.
I scanned through it and it seems like they’re at least focused in the right areas. Safety and getting people to actually live downtown so it’s not just dead outside of working hours is definitely the right way to go. We’ll see if any of this actually works though.
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