Yesterday’s vote on tenant protections tops the news this morning. Plus we found out that the Mayor should text when he’s jet-lagged.
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This week in Council Chamber
Lots of topics in committee meetings this week…
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Happy Monday. News coverage is fairly sparse this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: AirBnB, slumlords, nukes
Yesterday’s announcement of a proposal for regulating AirBnB rentals tops this morning’s news.
Continue readingSlumlord law moves forward
Five weeks after Mayor Murray and Council member Kshama Sawant unveiled draft legislation to prevent slumlords from raising rents, the bill finally made its appearance in the Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods and Finance Committee this morning, and after some fairly superficial amendments it was passed out of committee.
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