WA tenants facing eviction are supposed to have the right to an attorney. Instead, this is what many cases in King County look like as legal aid groups struggle to keep up with a soaring number of evictions. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

Extremely cool opportunity: The Seattle Times is hiring a DC correspondent. Rare these days for a local paper. seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/oVo010...

Wilson, who has been in elected office for a decade and is a candidate for King County executive, was booked into the King County Correctional Facility Wednesday, according to records.

Looking for a temporary journalism gig in Seattle? We're hiring a housing/real estate reporter to fill in while I'm at a fellowship, roughly August-May. Details here and my DMs are open! seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/rPnhnC...

As of now it would: Repeal the city's roommate ordinance and restrict the winter eviction moratorium to people who had an unexpected loss of income. Moore wanted a roll back of the city's law mandating landlord offer new leases to current tenants, but the Housing Consortium opposed.

Though Cathy Moore is leaving, the long-discussed landlord-tenant legislation she was drafting might still be on the table. In fact, the bill had already shifted away from her and toward CM Solomon -- who is no longer a landlord -- and the mayor's office. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Trump’s travel ban shakes up WA immigrant communities www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The current monthly mortgage payment for a mid-tier home (per Zillow) with 20% down. And this is by metro area, so it assumes a home price lower than you'll ever find in Seattle proper. RIP San Jose.

WA gets its official rent increase cap for the rest of this year: 10%. This applies to you unless your rental was built in the last 12 years, is subsidized, or in certain cases where your landlord lives on site.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do. I really don’t. Live in my car.” Some tenants welcome WA’s new cap on rent hikes. Others fear it’s too little too late. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

"Journalists, on the other hand, are obligated to point out everything that sucks, no matter what. This is why journalists are unpopular. Along with their personalities."

Who's got ideas for the Bastyr campus? www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

Should real estate agents be able to list homes that not everyone can easily see? Seller choice or fair housing nightmare? Inside Seattle real estate's current beef: www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

I'm so excited and honored to be part of this group (!!!!!) and learn in new ways (fun) about our broken housing market (depressing). Send me your best Ann Arbor recs!

Gov. Ferguson signs: -cap on rent hikes -parking reform -condo law changes www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Trump's war on woke comes for Seattle housing programs www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

ICYMI, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I made a podcast last year about Jesse Johnson, who spent 17 years on Oregon's death row. It's a shocking case. Perhaps what's even more shocking is that a show about this level of injustice could be lost in our news cycle. So, this award feels nice.

After years of tenant advocates pushing for rent-hike limits in WA, lawmakers just passed a bill to cap many rent increases at 7% + inflation or 10%, whichever is less. Now the question is, will Gov. Ferguson sign it? via @ssowersby.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Shoutout to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who’s been on the Judge Dugan story all week. You can catch up on his coverage here www.jsonline.com/staff/264800...

Pike Place Market, the Seattle icon and tourist draw, is going (partially) car free beginning tomorrow. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

“Leaving no crystal unturned, Sottile unearths intriguing similarities across disparate fringe groups (near-constant antisemitism, frequent female leadership) that bolster her thesis that cults are a feature, not a bug, of American spiritual life.” www.publishersweekly.com/9781538742600

If you care about Snohomish County/WA state journalism, tell the new owners not to gut the quality of our news. Email them at: [email protected]

“‘This would essentially spam the front page of the Herald website with worthless content while good stories go untold,’ said Jordan Hansen, a Herald reporter and Everett NewsGuild member.” myeverettnews.com/2024/12/06/e...

In a housing market this expensive, sometimes you end up staying put wayyyy longer than you expected (she typed from the studio apartment where she has lived for a decade). www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

Lived through Twitter and am here on another social media platform for some reason. Anyway! Hello! Let’s talk about what’s happening at the Daily Herald in Everett.