COVID-19 Impact: Letter to State and Seattle Leaders
I’ve been hearing from housing providers large and small about the impact of the state and local eviction bans. The damage has been uneven with some providers reporting only a few people with issues paying rent to entire buildings trying to hold a provider hostage with demands unrelated to hardships created by the COVID-19 response. […]
On the Ban: Another Housing Provider Tells Their Story
Councilmember Gonzalez is asking for renters to contribute their COVID-19 stories about dealing with housing providers. I wrote to her to ask that she broaden her appeal and reach out to housing providers for those stories too. On that note, I want to contribute my own story as a small landlord. People often think property […]
COVID-19: Calls Grow to Cancel Rent, and We Respond
After we issued our statement reminding everyone that in spite of all that is going on with COVID-19, rent is still due, we got a call from KIRO doing a story on efforts to cancel rent. This is what happens when politicians try to exploit a crisis; confusion gets added to fear and anxiety about […]
