No Fooling: Rent is Still Due Today
We sent this statement today to the media and business leaders in the city. Elected Officials Must Show Some Leadership On COVID-19 Impacts and HousingContact: Roger Valdez, 206-427-7707Many people and families are reeling from the impacts of the response to COVID-19, a response that is critical to save lives. Nothing like this has ever happened. […]
Here We Go: Sawant Uses Crisis to Call for Rent Control
Rent control in the United States began with an emergency: World War II. New York and many other cities around the country still have it. Not wasting the chaos in the moment, Councilmember Sawant has written a letter to Governor Jay Inslee. I urge you to immediately enact a rent freeze through the rest of […]
The COVID-19 Eviction Ban is Here
Mayor Jenny Durkan is imposing a ban on evictions for 30 days because of COVID-19. This ban will last through April and could be extended. Let me start with a paragraph I wrote in a post at Forbes about COVID-19 eviction bans: “An eviction ban now does nothing to replace lost wages, money that people […]
