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OLYMPIA, Wash. — For the past 10 years, Dominique Horn has worked for a community health organization in the fast-growing city of Vancouver in Washington state, helping people squeezed by soaring rents to try to avoid homelessness. Sometimes she wonders if she’s going to be her agency’s next client. With her husband struggling at times to find work, Horn has maxed out her credit cards to keep pace with the rent. She has relied on public assistance and stayed in shelters. The couple and their two

For the last 10 years, Dominique Horn has worked for a community health organization in the fast-growing city of Vancouver

OLYMPIA — The Washington State House of Representatives passed a rent increase cap bill by a vote of 54 to 43 Tuesday. A companion bill, SB 5961, failed to pass out of committee in January. House Bill 2114, sponsored by Rep. Emily Alvarado, D-Seattle, prohibits landlords from raising rent more than once in a 12-month period, and limits increases to 7% within a 12-month period. It also caps move-in fees and security deposits to the cost of one month’s rent, requires 180 days’ notice before raising rent more than 3 % and caps late fees at 1.5% of a tenant’s total monthly rent. “I hear ...

Bills HB 2114 and SB 5961 are designed to provide rent predictability and stability.

Measures got to the ballot on the strength of a local petition drive.