housing market

Tacoma voters are deciding on the Safe Homes For All initiative, which would increase penalties for noncompliant landlords and require them to bargain with tenant unions.

A November ballot initiative to increase renter protections in Tacoma is drawing big outside spending — and attention from Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson.

The tenants fear eviction if the new owners of their apartments decide to renovate the older buildings and want to make sure the sale doesn't make living conditions worse.

Tenant Melody Frazier alleged in a lawsuit that the property owner has repeatedly broken the law with unlawful rent hikes, hazardous living conditions and retaliation.

The initiative to ban algorithmic rental pricing software is aimed at companies that analyze public and private market data to suggest rental prices to landlords.

Since December, renters in six apartment buildings in Tacoma have voted to form unions in an effort to negotiate better leases with their landlords.

Whatcom County housing market faces a period of adjustment — and possibly compensation — as the real estate industry nationwide adapts.

Cooling in the real estate market means less funds for homeless services, which in turn may leave many counties with holes in their homeless budgets.

Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector. But amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families.

Home prices in the Seattle metro area in May showed their biggest monthly gain in more than 20 years, as a tight supply of homes and low interest rates…