The rent is too damn high.
The rent is too damn high. Whatcha-gonna-do? Are you going to try to set some limits on some kinds of increases? Or, are you gonna say messin’ with markets never works, take a robust supply-side approach and let the invisible hand work its magic?
Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant went head-to-head on rent control at Town Hall July 20 with libertarian housing wonk Roger Valdez and Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, and it was glorious. ...