This is the kind of housing NIMBYs are freaking out about. Roman_Makedonsky / GETTY
Everyone drop what you’re doing, the new substitute House bill just dropped!!!
In case you haven’t heard, in this year’s short legislative session, some heroic elected officials are trying to tackle Washington’s ludicrous under-supply of housing by ending bans on the construction of housing options such as duplexes and townhouses close to transit lines. Other (villainous) officials are trying to stop them, because God forbid anyone pay less than a half million dollars to live in a dilapidated shack. Among those trying to water it down are suburban mayors, including Seattle’s Bruce Harrell, Auburn Mayor
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