Letter to Legislature Ahead of Session: Be Efficient, Listen to Housing Providers
December 3, 2020 Dear Legislator, These are difficult and challenging times. Federal, state, and local government have implemented measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 that have meant job and income loss. This income loss has created housing insecurity. Eviction bans do nothing to ameliorate this. On the contrary, eviction bans have encouraged some concerned […]
Senator Kuderer: Misinformed or Dishonest?
State Senator Patty Kuderer is the Chair of the Senate’s housing committee. She is a personal injury attorney as a profession. Over the years she’s held lots of “stakeholder” sessions in Olympia about eviction bans. Eviction lawyers tend to do very well after her sessions are finished. We know what happens in housing stakeholder sessions […]
Forget About Sawant: We Need A Charter Amendment
It was five years ago, and on my Facebook feed all I saw, everyday, all day long were posts about Donald Trump. Were my Facebook friends all supporters of the Trump campaign? No, they were outraged middle to left residents of the general vicinity. At one point I started posting images of jackasses every time […]
