Understanding Sheley Secrest on the Housing Crisis

by Charles Mudede
As everyone knows, one of the big issues of the current council race is the housing crisis. In what seems like no time at all, Seattle has become one of the most expensive cities in the world. What is to be done about this crisis, which is displacing poor people (many of whom are black) in large numbers? Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) came up with Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), which requires "new development to include affordable homes." With this s