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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(117,314 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:03 AM Jan 7

WA counties grapple with record breaking eviction rates FOX 13 Seattle

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WA counties grapple with record breaking eviction rates FOX 13 Seattle (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 7 OP

rent is too fucking high Skittles Jan 7 #1

A "strong economy" is not compatible with "record-breaking eviction rates" ck4829 Jan 7 #2

No politician is doing anything Puppyjive Jan 7 #3

Governor Newsom and the CA legislature have recently passed a bunch of laws to increase housing. SunSeeker Jan 7 #5

Homelessness rates have increased 33% in the last 2 years, USA Today progree Jan 7 #4

Skittles

(160,770 posts)

1. rent is too fucking high

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:06 AM

Jan 7

EVERYWHERE

ck4829

(36,238 posts)

2. A "strong economy" is not compatible with "record-breaking eviction rates"

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:13 AM

Jan 7

Puppyjive

(618 posts)

3. No politician is doing anything

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:18 AM

Jan 7

Not one. They are not doing a damn thing to lower the cost of housing. But hey, those realtors are getting rich. They have infiltrated the mortgage industry and they decide the value. It's so corrupt.

SunSeeker

(54,215 posts)

5. Governor Newsom and the CA legislature have recently passed a bunch of laws to increase housing.

Reply to Puppyjive (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 03:02 AM

Jan 7

They slashed red tape for building permits on all housing development and made it to easy for people to building ADUs (basically mini houses) in their back yards.

There was a strong statewide rent control measure on the November ballot, but it failed due to a barrage of propaganda against it by real estate interests.

progree

(11,493 posts)

4. Homelessness rates have increased 33% in the last 2 years, USA Today

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:04 AM

Jan 7

Jan 2022: 580k, Jan 2023: 650k, Jan 2024: 771.8k
(771.8/580 - 1) * 100% = 33.1%.
So for every 3 in Jan. 2022, there were 4 in Jan. 2024

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143362703

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