It's a decent article but leaves out impacts of Seattle's onslaught of "renter protection" laws. Thousands of units lost & far greater barriers to access & afford what's left, while the laws advantage high income renters. Small landlords can't take chances on "imperfect" tenants anymore.

Lots of small property owners in Seattle have stopped offering rental housing. Missing middle rentals are way fewer than they used to be. Fewer options & stricter criteria isn't working out well. But Reed rolls eyes when the topic comes up.

As a small landlord in the 36th, it's disappointing to have our reps tone deaf and dismissive, not working alongside housing providers to develop balanced policy. Seattle has great losses of missing middle rentals. Don't replicate that at state level.

Unfortunately, Morales' rigidly myopic legislative work & policy positions (along w/ Sawant/Herbold/Mosqueda/Gonzalez/O'Brien/Lewis/etc) have contributed greatly to loss of rental housing diversity, affordability, accessibility, and safety. Hopefully council will begin to address this in 2025.