Small Housing Providers Speak Up Against Eviction Ban Extension
A group called Seattle Grassroots Landpeople held a Zoom town hall meeting earlier today to express their concerns and opposition to an expansion and extension of Seattle’s eviction ban. Today we found out the Council appears prepared to pass this extension anyway next Monday, May 4th. We’ve been pushing people for weeks to contact the […]
From A Seattle Housing Provider: Don’t Extend and Expand Eviction Ban
I own and manage rental property in your area. I urge you not to vote for the suspension and/or forgiveness of rental payments from tenants to landlords due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The lockdown is unfortunate for everyone but the economic ramifications should not be disproportionately carried by landlords. As housing providers our responsibilities have […]
Seattle Channel: Do We Need More Rules or More Housing?
The Seattle Channel remains the last bit of ground in the city where debate takes the old fashioned form: each side of an issue argues for itself with some kind of moderation. Most of the usual media features Mad Libs about press releases (for example, Crosscut regurgitating various “reports“) and others like The Stranger have […]
