Roger Valdez

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Incentive Zoning Is Not the Answer
Mar 18, 2013
Cola op/ed contributor Roger Valdez argues that incentive zoning—greater density in exchange for more affordable housing—is not an affordability panacea.
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New Single-Family Housing Is Not the Enemy
Feb 7, 2013
Smart Growth Seattle's Roger Valdez responds to a Crosscut piece opposing development in single-family neighborhoods.
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The Affordable Housing Purity Test
Oct 1, 2012
Believing that market forces impact housing prices doesn't make you a Republican, density advocate Roger Valdez argues. Image via Richard Conlin's city of Seattle website.
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Affordable Housing Incentives: Why Housing Prices Aren't the Whole Story
Sep 25, 2012
Instead of lowering housing prices, we need to lower housing costs, argues urbanism advocate Roger Valdez.
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The Big-House "Emergency" Is Not An Emergency
Sep 7, 2012
The big-house "emergency" isn't an emergency at all, argues density advocate Roger Valdez .
Thumbnail for - Working out the Gremlins: Density, Design, and Affordability
Working out the Gremlins: Density, Design, and Affordability
Mar 30, 2012
The anti-aesthetics of anti-density.
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The Myth of "Big Development"
Feb 14, 2012
Guest blogger Roger Valdez says Seattle needs an organized pro-development political movement.
Thumbnail for - Toward a New Definition of "Affordability"
Toward a New Definition of "Affordability"
Dec 12, 2011
Roger Valdez: The problem with measuring "affordability" based on housing prices alone.
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Glimmers of Hope in Land Use Planning (!)
Nov 25, 2011
Looking to find something to be happy about in a year that offered little more than grim political choices, Cola readers point to developments from 2011 that give them hope.
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Anti-Density Forces a No-Show at North Seattle Forum
Jun 15, 2011
Anti-density forces failed to show up at a North Seattle town hall last night with Mayor Mike McGinn, who fielded a wide range of tough questions.
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