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800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
"a locked-up community space"
This is consistent with current CDC guidance for retirement communities. What's the problem?
This is more crap writing from the Stranger. They never say the most evictions are by Seattle Housing Authority. They don't say there is an increase in because rents have been frozen for 18 months while all other expenses/taxes have increased.
BTW: why was the Stranger all over KC council candidates nasty campaign flyer but not a word when mayoral candidate Gonzalez outs out something worse against her opponent.
@ 1:
No, baby. You got it backwards. Social Security recipients are getting 5.9% because everything else went up first. The COLA is based on that year's Consumer Price Index computated from a "basket" of items. Oddly enough, rent, most food items (coffee, cereal, and milk are in it) and oil prices aren't in the basket because they are considered volatile (the price goes up and down because of constantly changing demand). Home prices are in it. Mortgage rates are. It's a strange combo that doesn't, IMHO. work very well anymore. There have been many years, for instance, when my rent has gone up 5-12% and COLA has been at zero or 0.5% or 3%. And many, many recipients receive way less than $1000/mo. I don't know how they survive, really. Some don't.
from Bureau of Labor Statistics:
The basket of goods includes basic food and beverages such as cereal, milk, and coffee. It also includes housing costs, bedroom furniture, apparel, transportation expenses, medical care costs, recreational expenses, toys, and the cost of admissions to museums also qualify.
You don't ever want to move into a situation where somebody rationalized a rent increase by saying, "Well, hell. old people are getting an increase. Let's raise prices!" Believe me, that increase is news because it is usually much, much less than that if anything. It's been a long time coming.
@1 Welcome to Seattle! Just so you know, outside of public housing we have no "rent caps" here, due to a horrible state law that was passed wayyyyy back when rents were affordable to most people with a job and thus no one outside the real estate industry was paying attention. But hey, enjoy our $5 drip coffee!
@6 Not entirely, there are some developments here and there that received a tax break to keep a handful of units affordable (OK, not really "affordable" but a bit below market rate). It looks like the Dakota is one of those, though who knows if any of the tenants featured in the article live in those units. Kudos to Sawant for getting involved.