Affordable housing providers say they need a range of solutions from the city, from funding for maintenance and operations to investments in new housing construction.
It sounds like the problem we're trying to solve is a few unstable people living in apartment buildings who engage in dangerous behavior that threatens the health of their neighbors and the integrity of the building. If that's the problem statement, I fail to see how a blanket removal of eviction protections solves that problem. We need a more targeted solution that focuses on this specific problem.
Reading her quotes, it's apparent CM Rinck's habits are carried over from her time at the KCRHA boondoggle. It's as if there is nothing you can't throw money at,
"Councilmember Rinck said helping housing providers pay their operating costs would be a better solution than making it easier for them to put tenants out on the street."
But what about the jerk who shot out the sprinkler? He needs a dorm situation, or jail, before he kills a neighbor stuck living next to this maniac.
Listening to Rinck is like watching the NOVA series with Carl Sagan's, "billions and billions." But instead of the cosmos, it's a seemingly bottomless well of tax money wasted on ideas that don't work.
I’ve shared housing with people who I do not trust and am afraid of because of violent, erratic behavior. It’s miserable. You lose sleep, are constantly anxious, and always need somewhere to go as a backup.
But we can’t let greedy landlords use these examples to undermine our rights to housing. Evictions won’t solve this; free, quality healthcare and supportive housing would.
I support the movement. I personally have lived in a unit of Downtown Seattle that became evaded from the homeless crisis pre-covid. The people would swarm the stairways and leave trash, needles and feces everywhere. Trash chutes would be clogged and multiple times people lit fires in the trash chutes. I also witnessed community members encourage others to stop paying rent during covid, I would see tenants damage their units and claim that they were not paying rent.. I lived in a building that became filled with squatters and a rodent infestation became severe. And I lived there during my transition to permanent housing while aging out the foster system. The conditions were severe and the people that lived there, were scary. As the days went by, I recognized the amount of addicts/substance users and s@x traders; which was why the apartment was easy to get into. I could barely sleepy comfortably as I lived alone, I was also nervous about getting robbed. Every other day, the fire department would empty the building, and I would be forced to take those dangerous staircases. The day that I moved out when my lease ended, there were Seattle PD officers entering the building and they asked me if I could bear witness to a situation that was going on- I let the officers know that I was moving out. "That's a good idea" was their response. Leaving this housing was relieving but it caused instability in my housing journey which led to homelessness. All because of the habits and living conditions of others and my anxiety of being harmed.
I have settled in outer King County. The Low Income Buildings look fabulous but I always use my lived experience as an excuse to not live in one again..
Also working in the field, I see 👀 property damage done to the propertys. From tiny houses to property buildings.
Hopefully, if there are people who lose their housing for not keeping up with their payments/ respect for the community then this can help the programs with regenerating the clientele as rent is increasing for the every day working class. Many families are facing a crisis in eviction/ debt and many would benefit from resources in transitional housing/ Low Income assistance.. although many may also never want to put themselves/family or children in these situations/ atmospheres.
As a whole state, Washington is providing for people that migrate to the state from other states and other countries. We need to also focus and create a program that is for the residential families that are facing the poverty line threshold.
A direction that will make Washingtonians proud and relieved if possible. I hear so much anger and negativity regarding organizations that are supporting others. From a political view, it is normal with the racism and classism that is being evoked onto the people.
As a single household Washington citizen, my future is not in this state with the direction that we are headed.
I don't think I would feel safe living in a building with someone who shoots appliances and sprinkler heads.
It sounds like the problem we're trying to solve is a few unstable people living in apartment buildings who engage in dangerous behavior that threatens the health of their neighbors and the integrity of the building. If that's the problem statement, I fail to see how a blanket removal of eviction protections solves that problem. We need a more targeted solution that focuses on this specific problem.
Great article Erica.
Reading her quotes, it's apparent CM Rinck's habits are carried over from her time at the KCRHA boondoggle. It's as if there is nothing you can't throw money at,
"Councilmember Rinck said helping housing providers pay their operating costs would be a better solution than making it easier for them to put tenants out on the street."
But what about the jerk who shot out the sprinkler? He needs a dorm situation, or jail, before he kills a neighbor stuck living next to this maniac.
Listening to Rinck is like watching the NOVA series with Carl Sagan's, "billions and billions." But instead of the cosmos, it's a seemingly bottomless well of tax money wasted on ideas that don't work.
I’ve shared housing with people who I do not trust and am afraid of because of violent, erratic behavior. It’s miserable. You lose sleep, are constantly anxious, and always need somewhere to go as a backup.
But we can’t let greedy landlords use these examples to undermine our rights to housing. Evictions won’t solve this; free, quality healthcare and supportive housing would.
I support the movement. I personally have lived in a unit of Downtown Seattle that became evaded from the homeless crisis pre-covid. The people would swarm the stairways and leave trash, needles and feces everywhere. Trash chutes would be clogged and multiple times people lit fires in the trash chutes. I also witnessed community members encourage others to stop paying rent during covid, I would see tenants damage their units and claim that they were not paying rent.. I lived in a building that became filled with squatters and a rodent infestation became severe. And I lived there during my transition to permanent housing while aging out the foster system. The conditions were severe and the people that lived there, were scary. As the days went by, I recognized the amount of addicts/substance users and s@x traders; which was why the apartment was easy to get into. I could barely sleepy comfortably as I lived alone, I was also nervous about getting robbed. Every other day, the fire department would empty the building, and I would be forced to take those dangerous staircases. The day that I moved out when my lease ended, there were Seattle PD officers entering the building and they asked me if I could bear witness to a situation that was going on- I let the officers know that I was moving out. "That's a good idea" was their response. Leaving this housing was relieving but it caused instability in my housing journey which led to homelessness. All because of the habits and living conditions of others and my anxiety of being harmed.
I have settled in outer King County. The Low Income Buildings look fabulous but I always use my lived experience as an excuse to not live in one again..
Also working in the field, I see 👀 property damage done to the propertys. From tiny houses to property buildings.
Hopefully, if there are people who lose their housing for not keeping up with their payments/ respect for the community then this can help the programs with regenerating the clientele as rent is increasing for the every day working class. Many families are facing a crisis in eviction/ debt and many would benefit from resources in transitional housing/ Low Income assistance.. although many may also never want to put themselves/family or children in these situations/ atmospheres.
As a whole state, Washington is providing for people that migrate to the state from other states and other countries. We need to also focus and create a program that is for the residential families that are facing the poverty line threshold.
A direction that will make Washingtonians proud and relieved if possible. I hear so much anger and negativity regarding organizations that are supporting others. From a political view, it is normal with the racism and classism that is being evoked onto the people.
As a single household Washington citizen, my future is not in this state with the direction that we are headed.