This week on the pod, Gene Brake, Spokane-based Realtor, civil rights activist, and neighborhood leader joins us to talk about:
How the local Realtor association is spending heavily in local political races and the un-democratic process they use to decide who gets their support
How administrative dysfunction on the one hand and restrictive zoning on the other are affecting our ability to build the housing we need.
One neighborhood’s plan to build densely in targeted areas to both provide more homes while still keeping the area affordable for its mostly low-income residents.
Taking a hard look at SBA’s much-talked-about study of unhoused people that claimed 50.2% of unhoused people in Spokane moved here after becoming homeless.
Emails circulated among its workforce by company officials pointed workers to resources to testify against a bill that capped the amount landlords can hike rents and fees
As rumors swirling online stoke fear about the re-issuance of the Essential Services letter, USPS leaves Spokane and national postal workers in the dark.
As lawmakers debate how to rein in these cameras, sheriffs, civil rights groups and transparency advocates are clashing over how much access is too much
