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Evictions on the rise; city & service providers expanding winter shelter options

By Lauren Gallup December 14, 2023

The old Holy Rosary school building in Tacoma is serving as an emergency shelter space for a third winter. (Credit: Lauren Gallup / NWPB)

The tide of evictions many predicted, has come. As the pandemic waned and rental assistance dollars from federal programs like the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dried up, some feared there would be an increase of evictions. Read More

With New State Laws Passed, More Help Is On The Way For Washington Renters And Homeowners

By NWPB News May 24, 2021

Carol Porter outside of her former home in Issaquah that she lived in for 25 years, May 17, 2021. Porter lost her home when she filed for bankruptcy in 2015 because the Washington law meant to prevent this from happening had not kept up with rising home prices. A new law aims to keep people in their homes if they file for bankruptcy, raising the protected amount to better match King County’s median home price. CREDIT: Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut

Help for Washington renters and homeowners is on the way as the state’s eviction moratorium is set to expire June 30.Read More

Governor Says More Washingtonians Qualify For COVID Vaccine, Eviction Moratorium Extended

By Austin Jenkins March 18, 2021

Dr. Preetma Kooner, left, and registered nurse Emily Beedle, right, talk on March 13, 2021 as the first patients arrive at the mass vaccination site at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle. More people will be eligible for the vaccine as of March 31. CREDIT: Megan Farmer/KUOW

Washington’s eviction moratorium will be extended through June and two million more Washingtonians will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 31.Read More

Washington Scrambles To Avoid Mass Evictions As Moratorium Nears End

By NWPB News February 9, 2021

Arianna Laureano outside of her boyfriend’s Seattle home on Feb. 3, 2021. Laureano has been relying on Washington’s eviction moratorium, which is set to end on March 31. CREDIT: Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut

After Gov. Jay Inslee extended the moratorium multiple times, most lawmakers, lobbyists and advocates expect March 31 will mark its true end — at least at the state level. Then the question of what will happen to renters without the moratorium’s blunt relief will go from hypothetical to very much real.Read More

CDC Issues Sweeping Temporary Halt On Evictions Nationwide Through December

By NPR News September 1, 2020

Demonstrators hold up signs as they gather at Brooklyn Housing court during a 'No Evictions, No Police' national day of action in New York City. CREDIT: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The new eviction ban is being enacted through the Centers for Disease Control. The goal is to stem the spread of the COVID outbreak, which the agency says in it's order, "presents a historic threat to public health."Read More

First-Ever Evictions Database Shows: ‘We’re In the Middle Of A Housing Crisis’

By NPR News April 13, 2018

Matthew Desmond estimates that 2.3 million evictions were filed in the U.S. in 2016 — a rate of four every minute. "Eviction isn't just a condition of poverty; it's a cause of poverty," he says.Read More