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WA rental increases cooling, but an affordability crisis remains
Advocates say that rent stabilization is the key to relief, but efforts to do so died in the 2023 legislative session.
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The post-pandemic ups and downs of Seattle’s Downtown recovery
As 2023 ends, returns to offices at the city’s center hover around 55%. Here’s what’s going well and what still needs fixing.
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A review of 2023’s WA worker safety, COVID relief investigations
Crosscut published more than 40 stories on job safety, housing instability, police and business aid. Read our top and most impactful reporting.
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WA mobile home communities organize against ‘economic eviction’
Port Orchard-based Hurst & Son LLC bought dozens of parks in recent years. Now residents say the company is raising rents and cutting services.
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Tumwater mobile home tenants lobby against rent hikes
As manufactured home communities in Washington become less affordable, residents have increasingly organized to galvanize support and push policy.