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3 months

City: You can only sell pizza if every 4th slice is affordable to a low income person. You need to do all the work to verify incomes, and it’s a very onerous process to do so Pizza guy: well the only way I can do that is by raising the prices on the 3 “market” slices, and right

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3 months

Why do politicians only extort housing like this? Its never “you can only open your pizza shop if you can afford to sell every 4th slice to poor people for a quarter a slice”

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In Tokyo, there is no off street parking requirement for housing. However there is a requirement to show you have a parking spot with half a mile if you want to own a car. This transfers the cost of car storage to car owners, as it should be.

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The old strategy for managing street parking in LA was to limit residential density directly through zoning and indirectly through off-street parking requirements, which led to sky-high housing prices and homelessness. We should manage the curb with meters and permits instead.

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1 year

NIMBYs over for dinner once asked “how would you like it if someone put apartments around the corner from your house?” Here are the apartments literally around the corner from my house (and next to a $3m house on a double lot)

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3 months

No other industry where fatalities are possible operates in this way. I spent most of my career in heavy industry. Fatalities can occur even when equipment is used as intended. But in literally any other industry, if a fatality did occur it would cause all operations to cease

The Stranger 🗞

@TheStranger

3 months

BREAKING: King County prosecutors decline to charge SPD officer for killing pedestrian. Officer Kevin Dave will face no criminal consequences for hitting and killing Jaahnavi Kandula. More:

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@benmaritz

11 months

@MarkRuffalo How is blocking dense housing consistent with being a 'climate justice advocate'?

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11 months

Why does it cost $2100 to rent an apartment in Seattle, requiring 80 hours of minimum wage labor? Because that’s how much it costs to BUILD the apartment, due in large part to our policy choices.

Rent takes an even bigger bite from paychecks. See how much renters need to earn across WA

To afford the typical one- or two-bedroom apartment, Washington renters need to earn far more than the minimum wage or work far more than full-time.

www.seattletimes.com

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Owner of the Saigon Deli near 12th and Jackson brilliantly posted this letter they received from the city. They need to clean up the graffiti on their building. Unless they are in a landmark district in which case they need to get permission first

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@benmaritz

2 months

I still dont understand how zoning for additional housing capacity leads to displacement. Isn’t what causes displacement the lack of housing and ever increasing costs?

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@benmaritz

2 years

With the massive run-up in commodity costs, we're having to make tough tradeoffs in every project. We can save a much needed $150k in our Tacoma project by going to white windows. Thoughts?

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@benmaritz

3 months

Citizens of Seattle take note: any time you set foot in a marked crosswalk where you have the right of way you may be killed instantly. This is how we have designed our public safety system.

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3 months

"Seattle Police Department traffic unit and a private crash reconstruction firm indicate Kandula appeared distracted and apparently stepped into the street without noticing the oncoming police cruiser until it was too late." 'what was she wearing'

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1 year

If the goal is to quickly increase Seattle housing supply, the single best policy to do that will be to a) eliminate parking minimums and b) increase Multifamily zones to 85’ height. This is because:

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@benmaritz

3 years

Today, a very sweet, older NIMBY neighbor emailed me to say she would only support our apartment development if we gave cash compensation to the home owners make up for the fact that we aren't providing parking.

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@benmaritz

1 year

Bellevue downtown park. Why is there nothing like this in Seattle?

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@benmaritz

12 days

Seattle, one of the wealthiest, best educated cities in the WORLD cannot get its public schools out of a death spiral. The frustrating thing here is that SPS is acting as if closing schools is the “hard but good” thing to do, whereas it’s actually the easy but very bad option.

Seattle Hall Pass

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In case you have any objections, they are probably Discomfort, Resistance, Skepticism/Cynicism, or Sense of loss. Said cynically.

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@benmaritz

3 years

Here is a beautiful midrise building in Portland which could never get through Seattle design review, due to lack of modulation and corner setbacks

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@benmaritz

3 months

The desire from renters for rent control comes from the same place as the desire from homeowners to limit new housing stock. It’s a way of getting financial benefits for current residents at the expense of housing costs going up for everyone else. Not to mention sprawl and

Jay Parsons

@jayparsons

3 months

Imagine a respected, major media outlet publishing a news article on vaccines or climate change that doesn't once mention the majority view of scientists. Wouldn't happen, right? So why don't the same standards apply when the topic is rent control? I'm not the "anti-mainstream

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2 months

Had a bad ski accident at Whistler but received excellent care starting with ski patrol, a short stay at Vancouver General, and now back “home” at the truly world class Harborview. Will be a long recovery and a good opportunity to earn some “lived experience” of ADA issues!

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2 months

We were negotiating a move out with a tenant who owes $6k today. We were going to forgive their entire balance. Then he told me his HJP attorney advised him just to stay in his apartment until his December hearing. Because why not I mean its free right?

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@benmaritz

1 year

Many people have asked me for my opinion on I-135 Social Housing. I unequivocally support it for a variety of reasons. Here are a few:

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@benmaritz

3 years

40’ height limits simply do not work in Seattle. The construction and regulatory costs are simply too high without five floors of housing to offset it. Also, that fifth floor in a wood frame building is the absolute lowest carbon living you can get.

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@benmaritz

2 years

It's difficult to explain how challenging it is to build housing in Seattle right now. Hard costs up 10-20% in the past year, interest rates up 30%. That's on top of MHA and Energy Code laws that added $10-20k/unit. A 275sf SEDU in Seattle needs rents of $1600 to pencil.

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@benmaritz

3 years

Betula House at 15th and Jefferson is on its way! 50 apartments and two retail spaces. So excited!

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@benmaritz

1 year

See the wood cladding going on the Betula balconies. $50k added cost courtesy of design review.

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@benmaritz

3 months

Social Housing is a new real estate investment model where public funds take the place of private equity. A new excess payroll tax in Seattle has been proposed to support it. Here is why I support it: 1. Fully 50pct of Seattle earns between $50k per year and $200k, and we don’t

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@benmaritz

5 months

Seattle and the PNW should be dominating Mass Timber. We have a huge supply chain advantage. The state and local govt needs to incentivize by allowing its construction up to 140’ everywhere apartments are allowed (140’ is the most affordable, sustainable height)

Phil Walkability

@PhilWalkable

5 months

This 25-story wood tower sequesters carbon with 259 homes. The Ascent is not just a stunning skyscraper, it's also climate tech. Imagine if we built 10,000 more like it and created 2.5 million new homes in walkable neighborhoods.

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@benmaritz

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High interest rates have stopped our funded affordable housing projects in their tracks. There should be a government program to subsidize and guarantee construction debt for projects like ours and keep needed production going. Would be way cheaper than tax credits or vouchers

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@benmaritz

3 years

She has two off-street spots behind her house, but she's concerned that when her friends come to visit they won't have anywhere to park.

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@benmaritz

2 years

New construction in Seattle right now is minimum about $300,000 per unit, even for micro apartments. Buildings built only 2-3 years ago can be bought for $250k/unit. I wouldn’t count on much supply growth over the next few years

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@benmaritz

3 months

Moved in four people today from the asylum-seeker encampment in Tukwila into co living homes in Seattle. They have jobs and are excited to live somewhere clean and cheap to save up. Soon these homes will be legal all over the state!

Dan Bertolet

@danbertolet

3 months

WA's bill to legalize co-living homes (a.k.a. SROs) just passed the Senate 44-4! Next stop, the Governor's desk. Huge thank you to @MiaGregerson33 , Senator Salomon, and @AKB1968 for their leadership on tackling our state's housing shortage!

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@benmaritz

4 months

This article and its comments are just devastating. The “othering” of disabled people is beyond belief. Every society should be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable and we are failing that test.

The Seattle Times

@seattletimes

4 months

Kenmore invested millions into housing, then suddenly canceled. Why? Officials didn’t know it would serve people exiting homelessness.

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@benmaritz

2 years

Hi Seattle YIMBY friends! Pleas support our Acer House project in the Design Review meeting May 12th. Acer is an equitable development at 23rd and Cherry, across from the Garfied Super Block

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@benmaritz

5 months

This is absolutely heartbreaking. Kenmore is sending a clear message they just want unhoused/disabled people to go away or not exist. The state needs to strip power from jurisdictions that do this. Builders remedy now!

The Urbanist

@UrbanistOrg

5 months

NEW STORY // Kenmore Council Rejects 100-Unit Supportive Housing Facility Following Backlash via @urbanistorg // 🔗

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17 days

I genuinely believe that our elected leaders want more housing and that they care about housing costs. It’s especially true for affordable housing. I also think they are new to the housing debate and fundamentally do not understand the relationship between zoning, costs,

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@benmaritz

1 year

Last thought on I-135: Social Housing shifts the profit from OWNING housing to BUILDING housing and this is a good thing.

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@benmaritz

1 year

I understand lack of sewer infrastructure is a reason why we can’t build new housing. All the locations where there was magically sewer already before we built housing (Manhattan, Tokyo etc) are now full. It’s too bad.

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@benmaritz

11 months

Not enough people are talking about the 1300 apartment/hotel rooms that King County has bought in the last 1.5 years through Health Through Housing funds. It’s a staggering number.

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@benmaritz

2 months

Maddening that the sidewalks in my street are so terrible that.i have to roll down the middle of the street. And the street is also pretty bad.

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@benmaritz

11 months

So jealous of my sisters row house in the ‘other’ Capitol Hill. There is no where in Seattle this classic form can be built. If it was, it would be the most popular neighborhood in the city

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@benmaritz

2 months

Surgery complete and on to recovery! Only 8 hrs under the surgery by the amazing Harborview doctors, nurses and staff. Will be at least 3 months until I reach “toddler” stage again but easy to be positive with all the amazing support I’m receiving. Thank you to all especially

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@benmaritz

2 months

Had a bad ski accident at Whistler but received excellent care starting with ski patrol, a short stay at Vancouver General, and now back “home” at the truly world class Harborview. Will be a long recovery and a good opportunity to earn some “lived experience” of ADA issues!

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2 months

The ax murderer lived in one of our buildings. Apparently he had stabbed someone before moving in and was in violation of his parole when he applied to our building, but due to the Fair Chance Housing laws and the way the courts interpreted them at the time we had no idea. This

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2 months

Suspect charged in First Hill ax murder investigation

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@benmaritz

3 months

I don't know who needs to hear this but I'm working on our annual reports and our Portland projects are really killing it. 50% AMI housing, cash flowing great. Portland has very tenant-friendly rental laws, including rent control, but has a regulatory regime that actually works.

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@benmaritz

4 months

Just helped out 2nd group of asylum seekers move into one of our co-living buildings. Heard about their incredible journey flying from Angola to Brazil and then walking to the US. They had been at an encampment since April.

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@benmaritz

9 months

When life gives you lemons... build affordable housing! Our site near Cap Hill light rail was sold to a developer but fell thru when rates crashed. Now we have reimagined as 183 affordable units, a coffee shop, and childcare! Applying for funding this month. Fingers crossed...

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@benmaritz

1 year

Can't get over this. From David Neiman's newsletter. Also, 20,000 people moved to Seattle last year.

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@benmaritz

3 months

I find if amusing how many of my friends are worried that a tax on payrolls over $1m would cause all the rich people to leave Seattle. I assure you all, we are not going to run out of rich people.

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@benmaritz

2 years

@loganb @pushtheneedle We just got feedback from HUD that they will not finance our apartment building because it has no parking, even though none is required in our location by the city

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@benmaritz

4 months

What's up with Republicans advancing good policy in the state leg? This messes with my neat Seattle-based worldview.

The Urbanist

@UrbanistOrg

4 months

Washington’s state legislature has advanced a bill that would allow cafes in more residential neighborhoods. Story:

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@benmaritz

1 year

Reflecting on the recent traffic deaths. I spent most of my career working mining, an industry where safety is a religion and safety records truly do approach ‘vision zero’. Here is what would happen if there was a fatality due to operation of heavy equipment (1/x)

The Seattle Times

@seattletimes

1 year

Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was a student at the Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union.

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@benmaritz

1 year

People do not come to King County because they are homeless. Other people come here for jobs, and because we don’t build enough housing, vulnerable people who were already here get pushed into homelessness.

Seattle bears a disproportionate burden of homelessness spending. But do people come here because...

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, The Seattle Times reviewed how much the 39 cities across King County spent on homelessness services compared to their overall budgets.

www.seattletimes.com

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@benmaritz

2 months

Taking the bus home! Literal white glove service by the operator getting me strapped in comfortably,

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@benmaritz

2 months

Heading out for a property walk!! Seattle Yellow Cab app with its wheelchair service rocks. Showed up in 5 min and cheaper than a regular Uber!

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@benmaritz

2 years

Excited to start feasibility work on a 12 story mass timber tower for a site we might JV on downtown. I think we are close to the point where tall wood will “pencil” better than a 5-over-3 midrise.

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@benmaritz

1 year

Just like how it’s bonkers there is no good Seattle-Olympia route on public transit, same thing applies for the Anacortes ferry terminal.

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@benmaritz

2 years

I’m excited and honored to be part of the new Mayor’s transition team, on the Land Use and Transportation committee. Hit me with your best ideas and let’s get them on the table!

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@benmaritz

1 year

Before I got on Twitter i never noticed the vent covers on buildings. Now it’s all I see.

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@benmaritz

8 months

Maddening how Morales and Pedersen are going to block the revitalization of downtown because of concerns that an upzone might financially benefit the owners of the current bombed-out retail buildings, victims of our failed land use policies. (Including LIHI, a nonprofit)

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Check out this sophisticated reporting by ⁦ @heidigroover ⁩ about whether to zone for 3rd Avenue highrise housing.

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@benmaritz

1 year

@amyliztweets I’m just saying, if instead of a subsidy program like SNAP we said “all new grocery stores need to offer food far below cost to 20pct of their customers, while old grocery stores can do whatever they want….” Then there would be no new grocery stores.

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@benmaritz

3 months

It is truly absurd how long it takes to get permits for a small retail business in Seattle. Met with the owner of Betsutenjin Ramen who said it's been two years to get permits for his new Chinatown space, including a year during which he's been on the hook for rent

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Seasmith! Finally! Let's do this

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@benmaritz

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City of Seattle Comp plan is expecting 5k new units a year, the same amount delivered in Q1 of this year and roughly half of the historical trend. Why? Because adding more units will require upzoning existing multi-family areas, something not contemplated in the plan. Upzoning

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27 days

I’m not opposed to the foreign aid packages but just want to point out that $95B would also pretty much take care of homelessness in the US major cities.

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@benmaritz

1 year

Parking is a deadweight loss in a city that is past peak car. There is little public benefit from adding parking, and it severely limits the amount of housing that can be built due to the physics of fitting cars onto small lots

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@benmaritz

29 days

My term on the Design Review Board is now over and I feel more free to discuss it. 1. The SDCI staff that supports the program is awesome, through and professional. I am a member of several boards and none are better staffed. 2. The people on the board with me were all pro

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@benmaritz

3 months

Any square building with brick facade and no more than one other siding material should get permits in 60 days

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9 new homes in a very handsome building that rose on the site of a vacant lot in Philadelphia. Gentle Density done well!

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@benmaritz

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I’m always amazed by the thriving Street retail scene in Portland. I think the reason it exists is because commercial zoning extends along long fingers of quiet streets instead of being jammed on arterials and urban villages. It makes walking much more pleasant and interesting.

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@benmaritz

2 months

Today’s Seattle Times coverage on the ever-growing Fentanyl crisis and the roll back of decriminalization in Oregon are good but don’t quite make the point clear enough: Fentanyl is materially different than prior waves of drugs. It is a public health crisis, right before our

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@benmaritz

1 year

Dec 30 2009 vs Dec 30 2022

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@benmaritz

1 year

I believe Rep Pollet is quoting a study that I wrote, showing many units of affordable housing were 'lost' in KC... and is totally missing why. They weren't bulldozed for development, they just became unaffordable due to LACK of development

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@benmaritz

4 months

Problem tenant who we have been trying to remove from the building just punched a hole from his apartment into that of a young woman who lives next door. This is after he set a fire in the trash room. Police doing what they can but no way to expedite eviction.

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@benmaritz

8 months

@asher_971 “Demolishing quarter century old walls!” Those greedy developers smashing our beloved late 90s walls. Typical.

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@benmaritz

1 year

I feel like I haven't always had an irrational hatred of cars but now when I see them in photos like this it makes me angry

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@benmaritz

2 years

City of Spokane apologies because they are running slow and will need 6 weeks to respond to first round permit applications. In Seattle it’s 3-6 months, with never any apology.

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@benmaritz

5 months

Very very pleased to announce the closing of Crossroads Apartments a 108 unit affordable adaptive rehab project in my hometown of Bellevue. Probably the hardest thing deal I have ever done. Apologies to everyone I have ignored these last two months!

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@benmaritz

10 months

@cafedujord Finally the most prosperous county in the world will stop looking like a run down set from the 1960s

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24 days

The spot can be within half a mile of your workplace too. My fancy employer would let you rent a spot in the building with pre tax dollars which was seen as a big benefit since the tax rates are high there.

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@benmaritz

1 year

Seattle leaders, for an example of what a US city is doing to address a housing crisis, please see Honolulu's "Bill 7":

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@benmaritz

3 months

Rent stabilization will do nothing to lower rents, and will probably restrict investment and as such raise rents. Not saying it’s a bad idea, it might even be a good idea- but, it’s not going to lower rents.

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@benmaritz

2 months

Do peoole understand the housing affordabilty implication of this?

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@GordonOfSeattle

2 months

I realized the draft land use plan was really bad, but I didn't realize it was this bad... yikes...

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@benmaritz

2 years

Very proud of our team for closing the construction loan today for the Cornus House project in Tacoma! 199 workforce units on the way to 2502 Pacific Ave. (1/3)

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@benmaritz

4 months

Sorry trying this thread again: So, we're very proud of getting Crossroads Apartments to the closing line late last month. Was a wild ride and we learned a ton about public private partnerships and Affordable housing, and wanted to share...

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@benmaritz

2 years

KEXP’s objection to light rail running under Seattle Center reminds me of the Denny Regrade, where the City of Seattle somehow was able to obliterate an entire hill, including a beloved historic hotel. It’s amazing how our society has changed.

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@benmaritz

2 months

I have a lot of respect for Housing Justice Project. We share the goals of safe and stable housing for all. The difference is me and my colleagues are trying to build a system that serves many people, whereas HJP tries to maximize the outcomes one person at a time. HJP receives

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@benmaritz

2 years

SDOT bill to "rent" the sidewalk and a few parking spots for our 50 unit project is now over $200k. That translates directly to about $20/month more rent. It's the zillion little things like this that are pushing studio rents to $1800+

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@benmaritz

1 year

Land-use application to subdivide this beautiful lot one block from light rail into 17 townhouse parcels. This should be an apartment building with 170 homes.

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@benmaritz

1 month

These are the strangers in a strange land we learned about when we were young. We must treat them well. I will be going down with my kids to see how I can help and I call on all my neighbors to do the same.

Guy Oron

@GuyOron

1 month

Last night about 300 asylum seekers, including 70 children, moved in and took shelter at the Garfield Community Center tennis court in Seattle. The migrants, most of whom are from Venezuela, Angola and the Congo, were kicked out of a hotel after government funding dried up.

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@benmaritz

4 months

The most important bill of the session. Remember the only way to end homelessness is to build homes, and right now it’s not money that’s the obstacle but fear and xenophobia.

The Urbanist

@UrbanistOrg

4 months

On Monday, the House Housing Committee will hold a hearing on the "Kenmore" bill, which preempts cities from banning/denying transitional, permanent supportive, or indoor emergency housing unless in compliance with low-income housing requirements. #Waleg

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@benmaritz

10 months

Two thoughts. 1. This is an epic train trip that I am going to take once it’s ready and 2. It will be ready before that protected bike lane in Seattle

Kyle 🚄

@KyleTrainEmoji

10 months

Now, over three billion passenger trips are made on China’s railways each year. Chinese companies have also built new high-speed rail lines that recently began operating in Laos and Indonesia, as well as many more conventional railways throughout the world.

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2 years

I’m thrilled at Spokane’s 4-pled minimum zoning. It makes sense there and will spur development. But to be clear, 4 homes/lot would not be sufficient in Seattle. We would need at least 8, especially if we are to apply MHA.

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@benmaritz

1 year

85 feet is the building code limit limit for light wood frame construction. That’s the maximum height a fire truck ladder can go. This is the lowest cost construction type, and we are very good at it in our region.

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2 years

We feel that the "SEDU" (small studio) market in Seattle is over-built, so we are pioneering a new "Eco 1BR" model which is basically a SEDU with a BR attached. First project will be at 2100 E Denny. Very excited!

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@benmaritz

6 months

It appears that the City of Seattle budget is shrinking relative to our economy and population. Am I missing something here?

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@benmaritz

11 months

It's pretty incredible that a mainstream news source has come down so hard with an anti-NIMBY argument. Real change is afoot! (also it's pretty clear that it was the ILWU more than the Port that objected to this)

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@ChrisDaniels_TV

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NEW: - @Mariners wanted it. - @Seahawks wanted it. - Housing advocates wanted it. - Labor advocates wanted it. So why did Seattle City Council halt a rezone for a 900-unit SODO housing proposal? The ILWU & Port objected. ⁦MORE: ⁦ @komonews ⁩

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@benmaritz

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There are tremendous fixed costs in new buildings: land, design, foundations, utility rooms, etc. adding more height allows those fixed costs to be amortized over more residential homes, lowering cost

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@benmaritz

4 months

SHAME on the Kenmore City Council for prioritizing fear and bigotry over hope and humanity. People will die as a consequence of this decision, and the homelessness crisis which Kenmore pretends to care about will only get worse.

Ryan Packer

@typewriteralley

4 months

On 4-3 a vote, the Kenmore city council just directed city staff to come back with an ordinance to deny the development agreement for the 100-unit permanent supportive housing facility. The final vote comes in a few weeks, but the project appears as good as dead.

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@benmaritz

7 months

Cute fourplex on my street. These will be legal again soon. Could be legal now if our city doesn’t wait for the state to force us.

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@benmaritz

2 months

Some more takeaways from the excellent Commerce report on homelessness in WA 1) Unsheltered homelessness increased 21% last year state wide. We don't know the King County number because a point in time (PIT) count wasn't done in 2023. A King County PIT count was done in Jan

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@benmaritz

2 years

@holz_bau I would have no dreams on that train as I would have already achieved all of them

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@benmaritz

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@seattletimes How about the idea of providing enough shelter, housing, mental health and drug treatment for the several dozen people that are suffering there? Won’t be cheap but probably cheaper than moving the busway. Once those folks have other options existing laws on disorder and drug

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@benmaritz

2 years

This was supposed to be 25 missing middle homes but the required "long plat" was way too hard. Instead we are doing 9 houses + 9 ADUs, to make it a "short plat". The 9 lot maximum to short plats is arbitrary and codified in state law. Please fix this #homesforWA @jessdbateman