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Jordin v. Brayman: Spokane’s first right-to-counsel eviction trial by jury

By Erin Sellers ● Housing ● October 2, 2025

From prison, convicted rapist Arlin Jordin has easily evicted tenants for decades. With Washington’s right-to-counsel laws, that’s all changing.

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‘It’s Hard to Really Call it a Study’

By Erin Sellers ● Housing ● June 26, 2025

Taking a hard look at SBA’s much-talked-about study of unhoused people that claimed 50.2% of unhoused people in Spokane moved here after becoming homeless.

Spokane-based real estate company NAI Black urged employees to oppose rent stabilization bill

By Aaron Hedge ● Housing ● May 23, 2025

Emails circulated among its workforce by company officials pointed workers to resources to testify against a bill that capped the amount landlords can hike rents and fees

Cap on rent increases across Washington is signed into law

By Jake Goldstein-Street ● 2025 Legislative Session ● May 9, 2025

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the rent stabilization bill on Wednesday, it takes effect immediately and will not allow for hikes of more than 10% in a year.

Rent increase cap proposal heads to Washington governor

By Jake Goldstein-Street ● Housing ● April 30, 2025

The rent’s too damn high! But a law passed by the state legislature aims to slow its increase. Will Ferguson sign it?

Spokane Prop 1 overturned by Washington Supreme Court

By Erin Sellers ● Housing ● April 17, 2025

Camping ban ballot initiative “exceeds the proper scope of the local initiative power,” court decided this morning.

It’s rough to be a WA renter. A bill that could help is close to passing.

By Erin Sellers ● 2025 Legislative Session ● April 10, 2025

For some Spokanites, a 12% rent hike means forgoing medicine or turning the heat off. A rent stabilization law that would cap annual hikes at 5-to-7% is closer to passing than ever.

Washington AG takes software company to court over rental price-fixing allegations

By Jake Goldstein-Street ● Housing ● April 4, 2025

Attorney General Nick Brown said landlords have used RealPage’s products to set rent for 800,000 leases across Washington.

SBA is going to start talking to homeless people…

By Erin Sellers ● Housing ● March 21, 2025

by asking them questions from a survey designed by Trump’s former ‘homelessness czar’, Dr. Robert Marbut

The 5 am Crisis Walks will continue until conditions improve

By Erin Sellers ● Housing ● March 14, 2025

Every morning, Gavin Cooley of the Spokane Business Association leads an hourlong walk as part of a campaign to end visible homelessness downtown. Is it effective? Opinions vary.