The Rent Hike

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@56:

Trust us, it wasn't Deano's was one of the most notorious hives of scum and villainy in the city; basically an open-air drug market and shooting gallery (of both varieties), and that section of Madison, along with most of the major intersections on 23rd going south, were similarly decrepit. It's really only been in the last five or so years that things have settled down to the point that people, particularly families, have felt comfortable moving back in.

COMTE on January 31, 2013 at 6:42 PM

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I don't have to trust you, I've lived here in the CD for 25+ years. Surrounded by families of all kinds. Crime has gone down across the city in the last couple of years, following the national trends, but to act like it used to be like skid row is really false.

coolbeans on January 31, 2013 at 11:40 PM

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@105 I know this may sound terribly glib, but have you tried earning more money?

There are a number of high-paying jobs in the tech sector that you can train for without much formal school, which makes it pretty cheap to learn. These industries are chronically understaffed, and outsourcing isn't solving the problem. There's no reason to assume you'll someday be rich, but there's also no reason to assume you can't be well off if you take the right opportunities.

on February 1, 2013 at 7:17 AM

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the only rent control that can/should happen is this:

landlord can charge whatever he wants when a tenant moves in.

landlord can only increase the cost of inflation +1% while the tenant is there.

Doot on February 1, 2013 at 8:13 AM

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So, what you're saying then is that the previous landlord wasn't charging enough to keep the place from falling apart? And their filing system was crap? And they weren't keeping the books straight?

You're getting screwed alright. Just not by who you think you're getting screwed by. Your old landlord was a slum lord.

gromm on February 1, 2013 at 12:04 PM

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Does the Seattle Renters Union still exist? I have relied on them in the past to find out the laws regarding unreasonable rent hikes and they've helped me win a couple battles. Renters rights in Seattle used to be extensive but I'm not sure in recent years if things have changed..... Meanwhile, the unique vibe of our neighborhood (which draws people to live here) is becoming more beige and bland. Depressing and disappointing.

Ann Chase Carroll on February 1, 2013 at 1:38 PM

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I feel bad for everyone in that building and that neighborhood and really any community that is seeing similar changes. That said, this company is doing what almost any property management company would do, which is make the most profit from its investments. The only thing that will stop things like this from happening is if people stop moving in to these buildings. If people stopped paying $1200 for an apartment that was $750 two months ago, there would be no profit in this. If people stopped wanting multi-amenity high rise condos, there would be no profit in this. Put people ARE willing to pay premium to live in a neighborhood they perceive to have this culture and allure about them, regardless if that culture and allure is being destroyed by their very presence. To stop this sort of "Commodification of Community" you have to change people, the consumers. It's their money that drives this industry.

Amanda Huggenkiss on February 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM

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This happens EVERYWHERE, not just Seattle. Artists/creative types take a slummy area with affordable rent, rehab it and get cool businesses interested in a centrally-located clientele, developers see buzz around the area and start to build generic apartments in the area to attract "young professionals" (the folks that don't add anything culturally to the place but have more to spend than the starving artist crew) and the price of everything goes through the roof. Artists make a flight to other, slummy area with cheaper rent and a few cool things to do, help take the stigma off of it, businesses and real estate developers come in again and do the same thing. Call it "urban pioneering" or whatever you want, but it's just a fact of life that happens in every city. The likelihood that your landlord gives a shit about the art you create or the cultural currency that you bring to a neighborhood is an absolute pipe dream.

That said, Beacon Hill, Georgetown, White Center and South Park anxiously await you with open arms.

Casual_Observer on February 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM

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@86,

Vacancy rates are at 3 percent.

@87,

I'll take that "bad" financial deal if it means never renting from a slumlord again, if it means not having to move every two years due to rent increasing 20 percent, if it means I can hammer a picture hook into the wall without my landlord throwing a fucking shit fit.

If you're not stupid about owning your own place, it is absolutely a better deal than being at the mercy of a landlord.

keshmeshi on February 1, 2013 at 2:18 PM

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Oh no! Now you might have to *gasp* get a second job!

treehugger on February 1, 2013 at 2:43 PM

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Ugh, that sucks. I'm not feeling everyone's pain yet, but I soon might be. I've been actively opposing anti-crime initiatives in my similar neighborhood. Our yearly spat of muggings and the occasional shooting are, sadly, the only thing keeping property prices (renting AND owning) even remotely affordable and forestalling gentrification, though the area is still slowly 'developing'. I hate opposing measures to make me and my neighbors safer, but looking at the big picture, I'd rather have $60 stolen from me once or twice a year than have to pay $200 more a month in rent. Obviously the ideal would be not having property owners gouge renters, period, but as long as capitalism is the basis of our economy, that's nearly impossible to achieve. It requires the people who own and run things to not be self-interested assholes in a system where being a self-interested asshole is typically how one comes to own and run things.

John Horstman on February 1, 2013 at 3:00 PM

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Hopefully the only good that will come out of these ugly new places that will undoubtedly have ridiculous rent prices is, as many economists predict, a renter's market will eventaully ensue and the owners/management will have to drastically reduce pricing as soon as they've managed to eradicate everything that made the neighborhood a desireable place to live in the first place. Then we can take axes to all of them and build cooler/new places to live and all the affordable bowling alleys we want! Hey, a girl can dream.

PS, I can't believe I can't even find a place within the city limits under 800 dollars. I was paying that for a super nice place on QA in 2008 before the recession really took full force, and now I'm likely to find a shack on the city limits for the same price. It just drives me INSANE when I hear McGinn talk about city development on his KEXP soapbox. Perhaps he should start to read this comment thread.

lindsaybee on February 1, 2013 at 4:03 PM

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the greatest point being missed here, is that NO ONE, regardless of their employment status, type of employment or any of these "deciding factors" should be forced to move from where they call home. housing should be a RIGHT to EVERYONE, without this capitalistic, oppressive business model spearheading it. a lot of you muthafuckas are so far removed from "reality" that you live in a fuckin dream. HUMANITY comes BEFORE PROFIT in the real world. But that was yet another point missed in this weak ass dialogue/debate. a revolution is coming and humanity will be the foundation again. FUCK GENTRIFICATION AND ANYONE THAT SUPPORTS IT. THE CITY WAS BUILT ON ART AND WILL BE DESTROYED BY GREED. i hope you greedy bastards are happy. your days are numbered.

on February 1, 2013 at 4:16 PM

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I'm going to add to the chorus who are saying there are solutions to affordable, desirable housing. This summer I bought a beautiful, newish, 1 BR, 804 sq ft condo with a gorgeous wooded view, very close to the sound....$43,000. It's in a lovely, safe, quiet neighborhood in an unfashionable suburb. I work from home, but my neighbors tell me they can get into downtown on an express bus in 25 mins. Lots of shopping and restaurants, parks, right here 'course not the caliber of the city. Anytime I want that, I can hop in my car. Hipsters kinda smirk when they see my address...but who the fuck cares? I'll never make another rent or mortgage payment, for the rest of my life.

TheOtherWoman on February 1, 2013 at 5:34 PM

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This has been happening in Seattle for the past 15 years just in different neighborhoods. I lived there for 20 and slowly watched the condos grow out of the concrete - Belltown, Ballard, C.Hill etc. We moved 5 years ago and did what we said we would never do - bought a house - in North Tacoma. Our mortgage is less than we paid for our two bedroom Ballard apartment. And there is ample parking.

on February 1, 2013 at 6:43 PM

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Tragic and true. Sickening, too. I've offered before and my offer fell on deaf ears: I'll make the arrangements if we all want to take a few hours one day to "visit" a city council meeting TO raise hell over our ineffectual mayor and council regarding controlling housing costs for THE RESIDENTS WHO VOTED THEIR ASSES INTO OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

We can continue to remain powerless moaners while we get screwed back into feudalism, or, we can fight back and insist in changes: tenant laws, rent controls, price increase limitations, etc. ANYONE with me? If so, hit me up at Rents2highSEA@gmail.com

Yes? C'mon, let's fight back!

X.G. on February 1, 2013 at 8:24 PM

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123, just because dumb-ass feudal lords and their corrupt/stupid political bidders have consistently hijacked communities first cleaned up by "pioneering" creatives doesn't make it right. For F's sake, why are we all so brainwashed into accepting the shitty system we've inherited. "Gee, life's a downward spiral unless you're wealthy, so, c'est la vie," Seriously? Shit, I have more confidence in myself and what I deserve than that. Greed and power should NOT triumph over the people. But, folks like you just accept it. And the greedy, powerful count on you and all lemmings to do just that. Wake up and realize that without our resistance to their displacement of the 90, 95 or 99% (us), we're F'd. I don't wish to be F'd, thanks.

X.G. on February 1, 2013 at 8:38 PM

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@132: I second that!!

auntie grizelda on February 2, 2013 at 1:45 AM

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@120

That's a relief to hear. Considering how much trouble I've had trying to find parking on capitol hill when I go there, I don't think I'd really want to live there anyways. (Nor will I unless I win the powerball so it's irrelevant)

Reutte on February 2, 2013 at 7:26 AM

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@X.G.: To the barricades! Ha ha ha ha ha! Poor hipster fool! You know there's a better way, right? Each time you suck my dick, I'll pay you $2 a minute on the following conditions:

1. No teeth

2. Nice 'n tight 'til I squirt

3. You swallow, then smile and say, ''Thank you sir, could I please have some more?''

This is Seattle, kid. Now get down there. Time to pay the rent.

on February 2, 2013 at 10:01 AM

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This is such an interesting thing to think about - basically nothing like our current dramatic increase in urbanism and urban population density has ever happened before, so it's silly to think that anyone automatically knows how we (as a species? as a society?) should handle it.

http://i.imgur.com/225Ii5z.png

I mean, yes - market forces are real, and if there is someone who will pay more for something than you will, that person will probably get it. Not sure that's a great thing, but it is a thing, and not one for which there's a good solution.

It's kind of astounding on some level that we haven't had a big huge national or international conversation about Where To Put People So Things Still Work. Or actually maybe we did and I just missed it, totally possible. Right now it seems like we're trying to put the population density of the future into the housing spaces of the past, and everyone is shocked - SHOCKED! - when it doesn't work out easy as pie.

Thisbe on February 2, 2013 at 11:49 AM

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What other consumer product is sold at half the market price to low income people?

The primary function of subsidized housing is to transfer employee costs from the employers to the high end working class people. If not for subsidized housing, the international corporations would have to pay a living wage to their blue collar/white collar employees.

The secondary function . . . minimum wage workers never vote Republican. Communities east of Seattle are happy to vote welfare money to Seattle and cede Seattle to the Democrats if it keeps poor people out of east side neighborhoods.

billwald on February 2, 2013 at 6:20 PM

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<< basically nothing like our current dramatic increase in urbanism and urban population density has ever happened before >>

Nonsense; Seattle (and many other American cities) have been there before, this is a minor growth cycle compared to some of Seattle's previous booms - eg. post-fire and post-goldrush. Who do you think built all those 1900's apartment buildings - like the one in this story - in the first place and for what reason? Developers; because there was demand; so they could profit from it.

BrendanMcK on February 2, 2013 at 6:40 PM

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We can all theoreticize 'til we're all forced out of Capitol Hill and the rest of Seattle. The FACT is, a small group of developers has taken it upon themselves to monopolize as much rental property (and condo-building, too) and consolidate as much of the market in their hands so as to squeeze the rest of us for all the profit they can get. Where does that leave us in the end> Screwed -unless we do something. This is a global phenomenon whereby anywhere desirable to live is only available to the privileged /monied. Philosophers and theoreticists, that's cool by you? Really? You REALLY think it's just us Cap Hill "snobs" and hipsters? Gimme a break. Ballard used to be a cheap place to live. Wake up, or, like Manhattan, Seattle will become a land of the wealthy and boring, with budding artists, creatives and "ordinary" folk nowhere to be found. Sounds like Bellevue to me. Let's fight back people. COME ON!!!

X.G. on February 2, 2013 at 11:12 PM

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@139: I'm with you!

auntie grizelda on February 3, 2013 at 1:10 AM

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Capitol/First hill is over. Time to give it up and move south.

buttmonkey on February 3, 2013 at 10:36 AM

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Read the last section of RCW 59 18 085 - "interruptions in tenancies designed to avoid the applicability of this section are unenforceable."

Tenant relocation does not depend on the tenant being low income. Again, see RCW 59 18 085. Not one mention of low-income tenants.

E Powell on February 3, 2013 at 10:52 AM

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@141- Why? Don't you get it???!!!! ANYWHERE we pick up and go to, as soon as we make it fun/attractive/interesting and safe, the developers will follow. And they'll do the same exact thing. Wake up. It's an endless game- if you choose to play. I don't. Let's fight McGinn, Lacata, Conlin, Rasmussen, Clark and all of the indifferent council and mayoral candidates, the corporate developers, etc and DEMAND change. Demand a limit to what landlords/developers can increase rents each year. Demand much higher percentages of housing that fits the income levels of "ordinary" Seattle folks. Demand better solutions that closet/pod living. @141, Your rally cry to pick up and move sounds like Portlandia hipster drivel based in a massive amount of naivete. Sorry. Why is this so hard for so many to see. It won't stop until we demand it does. Good grief.

X.G. on February 3, 2013 at 5:25 PM

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I've seen co-op housing work in another city. The trick is to keep assholes off the board, and having a little pride of ownership.

Bert Chadick on February 3, 2013 at 7:57 PM

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@132: I'd love to have some of your Kool-Aid when you're done drinking it.

Do you have some real plan for change, or do you just feel like because you're a unique little flower (just like everyone in this city) who has an interest in the art scene that you "deserve" a break? There are quite a few injustices happening over this globe that are slightly more inconvenient and life-affecting than making someone move away from their favorite bars and coffee shops.

Casual_Observer on February 3, 2013 at 10:11 PM

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@143: What rationale does the city have for limiting rent increases, aside from making people who think they can "demand" things happy? It's ridiculous. Unless you plan on making the next mayorship hinge on the pricing-out of the arts community in Seattle, then good luck getting any of those empty demands to stick to anyone.

Look at what the vacancy rate in this city currently is (around 4.5%, depending on what poll you look at). Demand is increasing. Rent is increasing all over the board, not just in Capitol Hill. While this story is a bit of a shocking increase in rents, it's not like people can't take their business somewhere else, ie other neighborhoods that aren't the hippest, most expensive part of the city. Let 'em have Capitol Hill.

Casual_Observer on February 3, 2013 at 10:20 PM

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Actually, "casual observer", it's all connected. If you paid attention you'd know that the morally bankrupt system that oppresses poor folks in Central America and Africa and leaves many malnourished and sick is the SAME SYSTEM that keeps people down in wealthier places, just on a different scale. Kool-aid? Any time you'd like to discuss, I'd be happy to have a fact-based conversation. My words are based in real world realities that are undisputable. Unique little flower? To that I soooo want to tell you to F off. I work very hard. I earn other folks good money via my work. I get paid what should be a decent wage. However, me and so many others ALL OVER this city and in many cities across the USA find it harder to keep up with growing costs as dictated by powerful "elites" who gain their power through money. Plan? You bet. Limit rent increases to an annual maximum 5-10%. Rent controls. Ban developer contributions to politicians. I'm glad you're concerned about the worlds injustices but you really don't have to be a dick and piss on us when your neighbors want to fix some part of the bigger problem right here in Seattle. I'll happily accept your apology.

X.G. on February 4, 2013 at 1:17 AM

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And, @146, "Casual Observer" you're the one "drinking kool-aid" if you think for one minute that simply moving from one neighborhood to the other is the solution 'cause you know what? When us creative, artsy and active folks you seem to resent so much move into un"hip" areas, it's only time before jerks like you want to follow us. Then, developers come to build your overpriced pretentious version of what had been there all along. Don't agree? How do you explain Ballard? It's not about artists or anyone group. It's about not forcing out the non-affluent you so seem to disdain. If you know ANYTHING about history, you know that demanding change is the only way change comes, btw. And, tell me this, smarty, why do rents need to go up hundreds of dollars to keep developers profitable when these same developers were ALREADY making good money before the rents started soaring. You can build new units without jacking up rents. Seriously, you sound sooooo brainwashed by the corporate econo-doctrine churned out by Wall St and their minions. It's greed, pure and simple. Apparently, you're perfectly cool with unbridled greed. Not me. Greed is BULLSHIT fodder for assholes.

X.G. on February 4, 2013 at 1:28 AM

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This is happening in my building right now. The new owners took ownership in August. In September 2012, they put in a couple of patches in the parking lot, painted a few lines, told everyone in the building while this was going on, "maybe you should get the city zone parking because this will take a few days". Right after it was done, "The maintenance of the building costs are high, so we will be charging you $75 a month for parking". Although for 23 years, my parking spot has been a part of my rent since day one. They had rented a 2 bedroom next door to me after doing some work, but they did the parking thing to those people the same month they moved in, and they moved out. The apartment sat empty for 4 months because they wanted "market rate" and finally had to drop the price. The new tenants moved in the first day, and that evening, while they were settling in someone complained about noise. The management called both of the college students that just moved in, "you're both 10 years old", "I'm not sure you can afford to pay rent here.", and "You're kind is not welcome here." JJ Properties is the new owner.

squeeze002 on February 4, 2013 at 8:58 AM

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@147: OK, so greed is bad. I agree with that. Contrary to what you believe I'm saying, I appreciate artists. Where we differ: you call accepting the way it is "brainwashed", I call it "unfortunate fact of life". I don't know how many fairy tales you currently have on your nightstand, but demanding something (especially something as free-market determined and owner-set as rent prices) isn't changing anything. It's the giant dance that all renters (artists or not) have to go through if they don't have sympathetic landlords, unfortunately.

I've been on both sides of it, having a landlord who kept their prices locked way below what the market could've asked, and I've also lived in a building where new management came in and offered me the same product for much more than what I had been paying for it. I moved, and I'm better off for having done it. I found a better place with more space for just a bit more money, and my paycheck didn't end up going to an asshole company who would pull that type of move.

Casual_Observer on February 4, 2013 at 12:27 PM

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"When us creative, artsy and active folks you seem to resent so much move into un"hip" areas, it's only time before jerks like you want to follow us."

on February 4, 2013 at 2:34 PM

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I am sure glad my mom won't do this to me. Sucks to be you.

The I.B.A. on February 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM

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I lived on Cap Hill in 1991, and paid $400/month for a studio apartment. It was a cool, hip and interesting time. Then I grew up and moved away. I long for those times, but nostalgia's a bitch. This story could have been written 20 years ago.

on February 6, 2013 at 5:34 AM

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Ah, my beloved Broadmore. A beautiful 1910 brick building at the corner of Terry & Jefferson, lovingly cared for by the owner and managers until 2011. The owners of Cafe Presse and Le Pichet lived below me; the owner of Dinette was above me. Interesting, artsy tenants. I lived there for 20 years, but that wasn't the longest. The owner was simplifying his life, sold the building to Biff and Chance - two 12-year-olds who must have hit up dad's friends for the cash, bought the building, then raised everyone's rent by %64. Yes, the neighborhood was changing and more money could be had. I will forever cherish my time there.

Janet Maison on February 6, 2013 at 9:45 AM

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I want to live on Capitol Hill, and top of Queen Anne. But geez, I can't afford to, so I'll settle for a cute little bungalow off Rainier.
Wow, this is so horribly tragic. Please regulate this.

Effman on February 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM

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Think it has anything to do with the constant taxes on properties? Nah couldn't be...

on February 7, 2013 at 12:29 AM

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@157 "Constant taxes" are just that CONSTANT. There's been no huge uptick in taxation in Seattle. This has NOTHING to do with the taxes and everything to do with unbridled greed and our local government's unwillingness to reign any of it in to protect the citizens they're sworn to help. Don't be a crazy anti-tax ignoramus, please. We ALL pay the regressive sales tax in WA.

X.G. on February 7, 2013 at 4:30 PM

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Our rent in Eastlake went from $850 to $1350--for an 80 year old building with no overhead lighting and silverfish to boot. Most of the tenants have been living here for years, half of us have moved out with more to follow. Seattle has lost it's soul (brought to you by Amazon.com)

on February 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM

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This article is old. But PLP just bought my building and my rent is increasing 60% on February 1st. I'm officially priced out of Seattle proper.

xjennersonx on December 1, 2014 at 4:09 PM

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They are doing the same thing except I did my research. They are criminally violating our rights. Please and advise...

My name is Michael Stewart a resident of the former Woodridge Apartments and on this day November 18th 2014 I would like to share with you the the lack of regard to the rights of 24 families being displaced, intimidated , and discriminated against causing fear of retaliation. All of the occupants that I have interviewed have withheld complaining about their living conditions so that they may continue without being threatened with further lack of services.

The Standard of Bellevue as it is now known has been purchased by Pacific Living Properties. Mr. Jeremy Martin is the Regional Property Manager and his associate Lorrie Bowen is the local property manager. She can be reached at 206-641-5352.

The Standard of Bellevue consists of three building housing 8 families each. On October 30th 2014 Building "C " was served a Notice to Terminate Tenancy. 7 families including myself consists of folks with disabilities, low or no income. Our building was served 30 days to vacate while the other two building were given extended times 90 and 180 days respectively.

Facing homelessness I feel singled out and discriminated against. Why were we given only 30 days? Should't all tenants be treated equally? We all have been seeking relocation but with no results. I am in the best financial situation out of our group being supported by the HEN Program I am approved for 800.00 towards rent and 800.00 security. Others have little or no income that will provide them with rental availability within areas in or around Bellevue. I found a place in Tacoma and was declined because the "HEN" program is not supported in Pierce County. Rental requirements including security deposits , first and last make it impossible for us to move not to mention moving costs , keeping current with rent here having to finance all in a very short period of time.

See below:

Subject: RE: Woodside Apartments 1 bedroom 800.00

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:59:37 -0800

Michael,

Here is the rental application. We will need each of you to complete one. Your monthly income needs to be 2.5 times the amount of rent so it would be $2000.00. When you submit the applications we will need $56.00 to do the screening.

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This property has been maintained by unlicensed electricians and plumbers over many years. There has been electrical fires over the years in all the three buildings and all have been repaired or replaced without proper documentation or permits such as electrical outlets, breaker boxes, wiring as well as plumbing and appliances requiring hard connections using existing out of compliance aluminum wiring.

I had a thermostat catch fire in my apartment 11/10/14 and on that very same day the new property manager walked around my apartment seeing the non working thermostat and the not installed used dish washer. That very same evening the thermostat started to smoke and catch fire ,leaving soot on the wall. I pulled it out of the wall and managed to stop it. Following instructions given to me I called the after hours emergency hotline. 1-866-956-0469. To my surprise it was an answering service out of the country. I immediately called Lorrie Bowen , the property manager and the fire department. She asked me if it could wait until the morning but I said no! It was 30 degrees and it was already cold in the apartment. Mind you I have notified the previous owners several times in writing over a period of two years that I had no heat. Not to mention the electrical short that would trip all the breakers when you turned the bed room lights on. A maintenance worker was sent from Tacoma to effect repairs but when I asked him if he was a licensed electrician he said no. Knowing about and seeing the electrical fires in the "B" building I was afraid because of the fire so I told him no.

I contacted the City of Bellevue and they sent out Liz Krzyminski of the Code Compliance Department. She filed a report regarding the fire as well as documenting the not installed dishwasher. On Thursday November 13th all residents were notified ,pursuant to

RCW 59.18.150(3) to gain entry to all apartments. I was expecting to have my electrical matters assessed and repaired but the one inspector walked in , looked into the bathroom, the bed room and than left. He never came into the apartment nor did he look at the exposed burnt thermostat. The property manager told me she was busy and I said and I quote " I will be here all day you can leave me for last" They never returned. My daughter and I spent 5 days without heat. Ironically as of this date 11/18/14 the dishwasher still remains uninstalled.( RCW59.18.060 )

Below please find the City of Bellevue's report:

9.21.030 Applicability.

The City of Bellevue’s tenant relocation assistance ordinance does not apply in this situation because the identified code violations do not require demolition, substantial rehabilitation or change/elimination of a residential use. The electrical repairs and related repair/replacement of faulty electrical service panels that are required can be accomplished with tenants still in occupancy. Officer Krzyminski will ensure that the current owners are clear about the specific scope of identified code violations.

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I want to take a moment to thank you for attending to this matter and seeking out the truth by following the Law and not violating people's rights or placing them in harms way. We as tenants have been deprived of acceptable services and have endured pain and suffering,deceit,stress,illness,inconvenience discrimination,humiliation,threats,and despair in an unsafe environment.

Below is just a briefing of laws and decisions applicable to our individual situations. There is no doubt there are many more violations that will be uncovered as we move forward to expose the ultimate desire to cover up the the rights taken away from we the tenants of The Standard of Bellevue due to decades of "SLUM LORD INACTIVITY"

Tenant eviction processes should be hauled ( RCW 59.18.050 ) Jurisdiction of District and Superior Court. Allow those served for withholding rent to pay balances due upon notification of decision. Appropriate accommodations should be advised pending the results of conducting an independent inspection of said property known as The Standard of Bellevue.

WHAT WE ALLOW WE TEACH

Michael Stewart

The Standard at Bellevue

Source materials:

RCW 59 .18.440 - Relocation Assistance

RCW 59.18 - Black Mold

RCW 59.18.070 - Unfeasible to Remedy

RCW 59.18.060 - Landlord Obligations

RCW 59.12

RCW 59.18 - Proof of Service

RCW 61 24 040

RCW 61.24.060 - Notice of Sale ( occupant Tenant )

RCW 61.24.143

RCW 61.24.146 - 60 Day Notice ( State Law )

12 U.S.C.Sec.5220 ( notes ) 42U.S.C.Sec 1437 (0)(7)(c) 90 Day Notice ( Federal Law)

RCW 9A.72.085 - Certified Qualified Inspector

Tenants of Building "C" instructed to vacate premises:

Building 1. 2801 130th Avenue SE

Nick Dean 253-205-4327

Pat Serino 253-222-1583

Michael Stewart 425-443-0778

Dwane Griffin 425-562-8286

Nicole Tobin 425-623-3909

Suzi Koski 425-830-8183

Jennifer Flannery 425-206-849-1326

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