Re: “Seattle City Council panel approves 18% price hikes for construction permits” (Nov. 18, Northwest):
Authorities paperwork strikes once more. Confronted with decadeslong inexpensive housing shortages, the Metropolis Council votes to extend building allow prices 18%. The council’s finances director stated shedding employees when improvement dips is dangerous follow. Nevertheless it’s what the personal sector does with a view to keep solvent when issues get gradual.
Utilizing the council’s line of reasoning, are exorbitant allowing charges that drive the price of housing up thought-about “good follow” throughout an inexpensive housing disaster?
Kenneth Kerr, Normandy Park
