Alright to this evening's housing thread is brought to you by this question:

'I have friends who think a vacancy tax would do more to solve Seattle's housing problem than upzoning. Is this true?'

#Seattle #urbanism #housing #taxes

And before I begin, still underemployed and would love to hit $40 for this thread.

venmo: houstonace
CashApp: $Archstar

Ok let's go!

So the first thing I want to do is get a few things out of the way. 1) even though a problem may exist in a similar city (let's say SF for example) it's important to remember that although the problems are similar, given the differences in laws the reasons could be different.