If you think you did everything right, and you still can’t survive, ‘Squeezed’ author Alissa Quart assures you: It’s not your fault
The rising number of homeless individuals and families in Seattle is impossible to miss. Tents on the sidewalks and in greenbelts are a reminder that a lot of local folks can’t afford to live here — really live here — anymore. But inside homes from Northgate to Normandy Park, folks are feeling the pressure, too.
Unless you’re exceptionally wealthy — on the Bezos, Gates, Schultz level — you are likely feeling the pinch of rising costs of education, health care, housing and, frankly, living. ...