Right now, city leaders and tenant advocates are arguing over how to best address the lack of affordable housing in Seattle. Institute rent control? Sell city bonds to build affordable housing? Charge developers linkage fees? These are huge policy decisions that will likely require long, ugly fights over the next few months or years. Meanwhile, rent is still going up. Here are three small things the city could be doing to make life a little better for renters. Like, now.
Heidi Groover is a staff writer at The Stranger. More by Heidi Groover

