City of Burien threatens potential legal action against church for homeless encampment
The City of Burien has ordered a Burien church hosting a homeless encampment to comply with city municipal code or face potential legal action.
Local nonprofit creates affordable housing for patients' families at Seattle Children's Hospital
Volunteers were busy Sunday furnishing a home in Seattle's Matthews Beach neighborhood. The home is being filled with all the necessary household items a family while their child undergoes treatment at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
‘I won't be here. I'll leave’; Puyallup mobile homeowners up in arms over steep rent hikes
Puyallup mobile homeowners are faced with a difficult choice after property owners jacked up rent over 50%.
Frustrated renters create map of problem properties in Bellingham
Frustrated Bellingham tenants are retaliating against landlords using a new “rental radar.”
US housing market needs 1M more homes to satisfy demand
National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun argued that policy changes could boost housing supply. The shortage of homes is keeping upward pressure on prices.
Home prices will rise in 2023 as affordability crisis worsens, Goldman says
Goldman Sachs projects home prices to climb by 1.8% this year amid housing shortage
The US housing market may be trapped in a prolonged freeze
Fannie Mae economists predicted in a revised forecast that the U.S. housing market faces a prolonged downturn due to high mortgage rates and limited supply.
Kenmore faces lawsuit over tenant protection laws passed in 2022
The City of Kenmore is facing a lawsuit over city laws that some argue limit the ability of landlords to enter their homes and enforce the terms of their leases.
Seattle City Council does not pass rent control legislation
The Seattle City Council rejected a rent control proposal during a session on Tuesday.
Tacoma renters share hardships with city council as it considers new renter protection ordinance
The Tacoma City Council is considering making some big changes to the rental housing code.
California courthouse parking lot turns into homeless encampment with 24/7 security
One of California’s famous wine regions has a government-sanctioned homeless encampment set up near the local courthouse, Fox News Digital has learned.
King County Executive accuses city of Burien of 'lease scheme' to evict people from homeless encampment
The King County Executive's General Counsel sent a strong warning to the City of Burien concerning a plot of land on SW 152nd St. and 6th Ave SW. where a homeless encampment has been growing for nearly two months.
Inslee signs law allowing duplexes, fourplexes
At a time of soaring home prices, rising homelessness and a housing crisis in Washington that will require 1 million homes over the next two-plus decades to keep up with population growth, Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed a law legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in most neighborhoods in nearly every city to increase the state's housing supply.
Seattle caps late rent fees at $10 per month
Seattle City Council passed a new law capping rental late fees at just $10 per month.
You need to make this much to be 'middle class' in Seattle
In one Washington city, you're middle class even if you make $220,000.
Senate OKs bill allowing duplexes, fourplexes in Washington
A key housing bill that would legalize duplexes and fourplexes in most neighborhoods in nearly every Washington city has been approved by the state Senate.