Housing help! North Seattle.

[Trek420]

According to this site, no rent control in Wa

www.tenantsunion.org/rights/23/rent-increases

[Veronica]

What year is Sknot? Maybe it is time to move. It can't hurt to talk it over with him.

V.

[KnottedYet]

What year is Sknot? Maybe it is time to move. It can't hurt to talk it over with him.

V.

His dad lives 1 mile away, with shared custody. Even if I have to move, he'll still be able to go to school. I just can't move so far away that I can't drive him to school during the times SKnot lives with me.

Like to California...

[mimitabby]

Rents lower in my neighborhood Knot.. I know that would be a big hassle for you...

[KnottedYet]

I'd have to commute all the way thru Seattle both ways, or I'd consider it.

I might have to widen my search to Everett. Why have rents gone up so much? What a huge pain in the butt.

[mimitabby]

rents have gone up so much because the price of property has gone up so much.
WHen stupid ugly little houses sell for 1/2 a million dollars, it's easy to just raise the rents because less people can afford to buy and there are less rentals available.

[lauraelmore1033]

Prices are crazy in Everett too. Someone just paid $240.000 for a shack two houses down from us and they knocked it down to build a house-o-saurus. There's half a duplex across the street from that that is going for 450,000. Even in Everett! I wish you the best of luck with your search!

[Trek420]

Why have rents gone up so much? What a huge pain in the butt.

I dunno. You're a long term, stable, good tenant and may be able to negotiate that it at least stays less than not more than new tenant offers at least.

I'm not an economist so can someone explain to me like a 2 year old why when the housing market is collapsed (the phrase we in CA hear anytime the avg house price does not go up triple digits % a year) and we've got a million plus families in foreclosure because they got hosed by the ARMs so it's a buyers market out there.

Which means your land lord has to compete for tenants on the fence between "do I rent? or look for a distressed sale price condo/home?"

So his price should be going down .... not up or at least staying near even.

[KnottedYet]

Thank you, Trek.

so I'm pretty much hosed. They gave me written notice with the 30 days, and the new rent reflects only a slightly higher rate than what they now have advertised on their website. (which is a whole lot higher than it used to be. market is moving up. good news for all you property owners!)

I'm hosed.

If I stand out on the street corner with a cardboard sign : "Single mom with kid and dog, seeks affordable apartment" like the beggers, will someone come along and hand me a key?

I'm hosed. I just can't pay half my monthly income for rent!