03-01-2017 21:17 via thestranger.com

One Simple Way Washington State Can Address Its Housing Crisis

One Simple Way Washington State Can Address Its Housing Crisisby Heidi GrooverIn Seattle, 2016 was the year of the renter. Thanks to a number of new laws from the Seattle City Council, landlords here can no longer raise rents on substandard buildings. They can no longer refuse to rent their properties to certain tenants just because those tenants depend on programs like Social Security to help pay their rent. And many landlords will soon be required to allow tenants to pay their up-front move-in
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