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Michael Goldman

Michael Goldman

Michael works as a real estate valuation analyst. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Masters in Urban Planning and a specialization in real estate. Before Serial broke the long-for


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An Affordable Housing Platform for Seattle

Some vocab first: * MHA – Mandatory Housing Affordability; Seattle jargon for inclusionary zoning. * Inclusionary Zoning – This is the common term for MHA; it requires new development to either include subsidized housing units or pay into a fund that helps pay for subsidized housing units to be built elsewhere. * HALA – Housing Affordability

An Affordable Housing Platform for Seattle

Some vocab first: * MHA – Mandatory Housing Affordability; Seattle jargon for inclusionary zoning. * Inclusionary Zoning – This is the common term for MHA; it requires new development to either include subsidized housing units or pay into a fund that helps pay for subsidized housing units to be built elsewhere. * HALA – Housing Affordability