Eviction Propaganda is the Latest Fad on the Internet and Government
Everyone should be fed up with eviction being touted as an “epidemic” and as like the subprime crisis. We’re the only ones in the world that have stood up to these claims which are weakly researched by people in the press. I recently took on these two charges at Forbes. There Is No “Eviction Epidemic,” […]
Capital Budgets Emerge in Olympia: Good News or More of the Same?
Anyone who’s worked on issues in the Washington State Legislature will tell you there are sort of two phases, policy and budget. Early in a 60 or 90 session there are lots of debates before the deadlines in each house about bills that change rules and regulations or add new ones. The second phase is […]
A Solution in Olympia: The Eviction Prevention Fund
In Olympia, solutions are often hard to find. When it comes to eviction the solution is simple: cash. And not even that much cash really when compared to the costs of homelessness and of eviction itself. The current effort to address evictions, Senate Bill 5600 doesn’t do anything to solve the problem. If anything the […]
