Tenants bash Seattle Housing Authority rent plan

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 7, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Tenants bash Seattle Housing Authority rent plan</h1>
                <h2><p>Seattle Housing Authority’s proposal to raise rents for tenants who are able to work, but not looking for jobs, didn’t go over well at last night’s public hearing. Protesters flooded the room, disrupting SHA executive director Andrew Lofton, who was presenting the the proposal, according to KPLU.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
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            <p>Seattle Housing Authority’s proposal to raise rents for tenants who are able to work, but not looking for jobs, didn’t go over well at last night’s public hearing. Protesters flooded the room, disrupting SHA executive director Andrew Lofton, who was presenting the the proposal, <a href="http://www.kplu.org/post/protesters-disrupt-seattle-housing-authority-hearing-chants-rent-hikes-no?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">according to KPLU</a>. The plan would discontinue the practice of basing rental rates on a tenant’s income. The plan would raise rent by 400 percent over a six-year period (the ending rate would still remain under market value for rent in Seattle). Residents would also be offered job training to help them find better jobs. <a href="http://www.kplu.org/post/seattle-public-housing-residents-face-possibility-big-rent-hikes?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">SHA has said</a> its plan is designed to bring in more money, so more families can get housing help. — T.W.</p>
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Seattle Housing Authority’s proposal to raise rents for tenants who are able to work, but not looking for jobs, didn’t go over well at last night’s public hearing. Protesters flooded the room, disrupting SHA executive director Andrew Lofton, who was presenting the the proposal, according to KPLU. The plan would discontinue the practice of basing rental rates on a tenant’s income. The plan would raise rent by 400 percent over a six-year period (the ending rate would still remain under market value for rent in Seattle). Residents would also be offered job training to help them find better jobs. SHA has said its plan is designed to bring in more money, so more families can get housing help. — T.W.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.