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1. How times have changed in the Evergreen State...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Mar 11, 2025, 04:36 PM

Mar 11

Fifty years ago, Seattle tried passing a rent control bill. It failed, but the (then-)Republican-controlled state government made sure there wouldn’t be a second time by passing a law banning rent control statewide. Now, it’s the state government itself that’s trying to give us a degree of rent control. I guess it’s not surprising, considering that it now costs over $2,000/month to get a studio apartment in Seattle.

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How times have changed in the Evergreen State... regnaD kciN Mar 11 #1