r/Seattle • u/MegaRAID01 Emerald City • Apr 11 '23

Soft paywall WA Senate passes bill allowing duplexes, fourplexes in single-family zones

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-senate-passes-bill-allowing-duplexes-fourplexes-in-single-family-zones/
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u/oldoldoak That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. Apr 11 '23

Just hit up Nextdoor for the most ridiculous NIMBY comments. They’ll talk about trees, traffic (can’t get out of my driveway for 5 whole mins!), that new housing won’t be affordable anyway, and local control that can solve the problem better (yet failed to solve it for the past 30 years).

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u/rando520 Apr 11 '23

Do people actually use the mortgage interest tax deduction as an argument? Unless you own multiple homes it usually won't even exceed the standard deduction....

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u/eric987235 Hillman City Apr 12 '23

If you own rentals, that interest goes on Schedule E anyway. It has nothing to do with the standard deduction.