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Ahoy inclusionary zoning nerds! This table shows all the examples of mandatory IZ with significant funding that I could find. Any others out there? sightline.org/2024/10/28/to-…

The important story here is that market-rate rentals can be affordable if enough new housing is getting built to meet demand. The couple got a market-rate 1-bed for $1,500/month, which is cheaper than the 60% AMI housing provided by MHA. seattletimes.com/business/real-…

This, legal on every city lot everywhere:

Ahoy parking policy nerds of Washington state! Tommorow at noon Catie Gould will give a rundown of just how bonkers and damaging local parking rules are in cities all across WA. It's even worse than you thought. lu.ma/un5mc0qz

A parking reform bill is in the works for WA's 2025 session. We know parking mandates worsen affordability, climate, and sprawl. On top of that, the parking rules in WA cities are an arbitrary, inconsistent cluster that begs for a state fix. sightline.org/2024/10/01/was…

If you followed this account to track housing bills in the Washington state legislature, I'm now posting over at the blue new place. #waleg

WA has a bill for that: app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?B… More about it over at the blue place

I'm calling it: Washington has now accomplished more on statewide zoning reform than any other US state. In the just ended 2025 legislative session, Washington lawmakers knocked out nation-leading parking and TOD bills, and more. sightline.org/2025/05/15/was…

One big reason Washington now leads the pack on statewide housing abundance legislation is that it just passed the nation's strongest parking reform bill. Here's what made that possible: sightline.org/2025/05/16/how…

Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with the folks at Sightline Institute.