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Thanatosian posted:My understanding of what the phrase "rent control" generally describes is a fixed limit on how much a landlord is allowed to increase the rent on his or her tenants each year, usually some very small percentage. Best Friends seems to have the same impression. ElCondemn posted:I wonder if anything like that has been implemented, some kind of incentive/regulation that enforces X% of units to be income-qualified. Like, I know there's a large geographic gap between Portland and Seattle but you've almost certainly got to have property developers like these guys up there. anthonypants fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jun 30, 2015 |
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Solkanar512 posted:Hey folks, don't forget to say "gently caress you" to a NIMBY. Those are the source of like 80% of our problems. This. King County has one of the lowest vacancy rates in the country. If there are more people wanting to live here than places available to rent then prices will skyrocket. Rent control and subsidies won't fix that. We need more housing, and we need more high density housing.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:26
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oxbrain posted:This. Ballard has a fairly high vacancy rate, and most of the units are new, high-density construction. It's also one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Seattle, because almost all of those units are new luxury buildings that need to recoup their investment. Just incentivizing supply and knocking down regulatory barriers will lead to a bunch of developers chasing the high end of the market. Housing is not fungible, and affordable housing is not particularly profitable as new construction.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:35
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Space Gopher posted:Ballard has a fairly high vacancy rate, and most of the units are new, high-density construction. It's also one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Seattle, because almost all of those units are new luxury buildings that need to recoup their investment.
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So going aside from housing, I've read a few details on the new WA state budget. Mainly, higher education changes - UW and WSU are getting 15% tuition reductions, whereas WWU, CWU, EWU and Evergreen are getting 20% reductions. K-12 teachers get a marginal pay increase, and apparently more budget is required for lower class sizes. This is funded by an 11.9 cent gas tax because that's literally the only thing we can tax here. Comments on the Seattle Times (I don't know why I'm reading this) are hailing this as a Republican victory, and I'm not sure why.
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Because the Seattle times is a terrible paper. Also, because gas taxes are even more regressive than sales taxes.
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oxbrain posted:Because the Seattle times is a terrible paper. It is easy to get Washington NIMBY voters to gently caress over the poor if it means punishing them for sullying their environment. The people crowing in the local rag are the type that drive a Tesla and use a vape pen; the early adopters at the bleeding edge of unregulated enjoyment.
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With all the chatter about Seattle housing, I figured I'd throw something out for people in Portland. If you're looking to buy a house in the area this might be a useful resource https://www.portlandoregon.gov/phb/61184. Assuming you meet the requirements, you end up property tax exempt on improvements for 10 years or as long as you own the lot. It's a pretty nice deal, especially for people who are seeing rents skyrocket month after month.
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Jul 1, 2015 02:31
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I think the solution is we institute a "California" tax where we force transplants to subsidize the housing of people who can trace their Washington ancestry back at least two generations. Its fair to the people of the city who are being forced out and benefits me so its a good law that I support.
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Jack2142 posted:I think the solution is we institute a "California" tax where we force transplants to subsidize the housing of people who can trace their Washington ancestry back at least two generations. Its fair to the people of the city who are being forced out and benefits me so its a good law that I support. Too bad this isn't about Portland or I could make a "neo-Exclusionary Act" joke.
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computer parts posted:Too bad this isn't about Portland or I could make a "neo-Exclusionary Act" joke. I go to school in Portland so if they were to do that it would negatively impact me so they shouldn't.
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Jack2142 posted:I go to school in Portland so if they were to do that it would negatively impact me so they shouldn't. Don't worry, we'd have an exception for residents of the Greater Willamette Co-Prosperity Sphere.
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Abner Cadaver II posted:Don't worry, we'd have an exception for residents of the Greater Willamette Co-Prosperity Sphere. Although non-natives will have to wear an unobtrusive day-glo badge of their home state at all times, to identify them as Not True Oregonians.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Although non-natives will have to wear an unobtrusive day-glo badge of their home state at all times, to identify them as Not True Oregonians. Is this identified by birthplace or state of previous residence? Because one would be the shamestar of California, and the other the goulag mark of Washington. This is important.
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koreban posted:Is this identified by birthplace or state of previous residence? Because one would be the shamestar of California, and the other the goulag mark of Washington. it's based on your ancestors' c. 1000 years ago continent of origin
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Ernie Muppari posted:it's based on your ancestors' c. 1000 years ago continent of origin I, for one, welcome the totalitarian rule of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Seriously though, they've got their poo poo together and would probably run the state quite well.
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Ernie Muppari posted:it's based on your ancestors' c. 1000 years ago continent of origin No, a simple birth certificate will suffice.
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seiferguy posted:So going aside from housing, I've read a few details on the new WA state budget. Mainly, higher education changes - UW and WSU are getting 15% tuition reductions, whereas WWU, CWU, EWU and Evergreen are getting 20% reductions. K-12 teachers get a marginal pay increase, and apparently more budget is required for lower class sizes. This is funded by an 11.9 cent gas tax because that's literally the only thing we can tax here. They're also allegedly including a pay raise for state employees - the union has been negotiating a 3.8% raise this year and then a 1% next year. The DOC employees union already got them a guaranteed raise last year if I remember correctly, so this is supposed for be for everyone else or at least all DSHS employees. There are questions, at least for the agency I work with, if they'll be fully funding some of our new programs and if they'll actually use some of the money that Inslee allegedly agreed to set aside to hire more people. Plus there's a lot of talk of going on strike - the big thing we've been arguing for is a COLA for all employees not just teachers (who definitely need the raise and COLA). Personally I'm glad that I'm not getting laid off even though I could really use the break but I'm pretty wary about the budget and it's effects over all.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:No, a simple birth certificate will suffice. Goulag mark of Washington then.
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Ernie Muppari posted:it's based on your ancestors' c. 1000 years ago continent of origin So, native american ancestry only? I approve.
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Jack2142 posted:I think the solution is we institute a "California" tax where we force transplants to subsidize the housing of people who can trace their Washington ancestry back at least two generations. Its fair to the people of the city who are being forced out and benefits me so its a good law that I support. I'm ok with this
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On the subject of regulations of rental properties, how about that repressive state control of living arrangements? Bellingham's Rental Registration and Safety Inspection Program While this is being instituted under the cover of being a pro-renter movement, not only is it a regressively taxed organ, but it also is the necessary enforcement organ for Bellingham's cap on number of non-related peoples in a unit- three! Your room-mate better not get a SO if you have one, buddy! The fact that this new enforcement organ is exactly what has been demanded by NIMBY assholes in the city complaining about students living in their city has yet to be remarked. Expect the yearly fee to raise, expect the cost of inspections to raise, and expect the number of people looking to rent compared to the housing stock to explode. Bellingham is on course to become a catastrophe for renters in the next three to five years.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Although non-natives will have to wear an unobtrusive day-glo badge of their home state at all times, to identify them as Not True Oregonians. Like this?  Gerund posted:The fact that this new enforcement organ is exactly what has been demanded by NIMBY assholes in the city complaining about students living in their city has yet to be remarked. When I first started to date my wife, she lived up there and I would read the alt weekly paper. Holy poo poo, the NIMBYs. RENT'S TOO HIGH!!! DON"T BUILD ANYTHING!! ARRG THE RENT!! HOLY poo poo THERE"S A NEW BUILDING!!! and on and on and on. gently caress NIMBYs, each and every last one of them.
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These people would be happier living in stagnant mountain villages in the Urals Edit: Is this why their waterfront is still a stinky polluted wasteland? Accretionist fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jul 1, 2015 |
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Space Gopher posted:Ballard has a fairly high vacancy rate, and most of the units are new, high-density construction. It's also one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Seattle, because almost all of those units are new luxury buildings that need to recoup their investment. If developers refuse to build product for the low end of the market then maybe the state should step in and do it.
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Accretionist posted:These people would be happier living in stagnant mountain villages in the Urals Put in broadband internet and I would move to the Urals.
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oxbrain posted:Put in broadband internet and I would move to the Urals. Have you considered Estonia?
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Vavrek posted:Have you considered Estonia? Been trying to get a job there as a web-dev for years.... one day....
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:If developers refuse to build product for the low end of the market then maybe the state should step in and do it.
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Light rail stations need to have a compass rose in the pavement at the sidewalk outside every exit. The Westlake light rail/bus tunnel NEEDS TO INDICATE WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OR NORTHBOUND SIDE holy gently caress can't believe there is no way for you to tell which direction things are going without asking people, or hoping that you correctly followed the signs on the maze of stairs above.
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They also need to put up a display with expected arrivals. The information is available and a display is super cheap - it seems like a slam dunk to me. I have no idea why this isn't being done 
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Delta-Wye posted:They also need to put up a display with expected arrivals. The information is available and a display is super cheap - it seems like a slam dunk to me. This is Seattle, right? Your lightrail stations don't have boards with expected times? That's so backwards, its like you are in New York City!
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This feature is coming sometime soon. It might happen with the opening of the cap hill and husky stadium. There's alot of challenges with the tunnels due to the fact that KC metro owns the tunnel, ST owns the cars.
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Man it's hot as poo poo and expected to be hotter tomorrow.
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mod sassinator posted:Man it's hot as poo poo and expected to be hotter tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpwJbLLivU&t=111s
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mod sassinator posted:Man it's hot as poo poo and expected to be hotter tomorrow. The rest of this lovely summer can be summed up with that phrase.
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Russia needs to use how many tactical nukes to cancel this out?
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reading posted:Light rail stations need to have a compass rose in the pavement at the sidewalk outside every exit. The streets are indicated on the signs in the station, so as long as you know the numbers go from west to east and pine is north of pike you should be good to go. Of course, it would be helpful to have all this information readily available for people who are not familiar with the city... I agree that emerging from the tunnels can be a little disorienting too, especially for people who are unfamiliar with landmarks. The compass is quite a good, simple idea. As for which side of the tunnel goes in which direction... I think that is posted? To SeaTac airport is always southbound, at any rate.
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A Bag of Milk posted:The streets are indicated on the signs in the station, so as long as you know the numbers go from west to east and pine is north of pike you should be good to go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsOYV-XXes Also, Charles Mudede has really outdone himself.
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