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Seattle Times letter to the editor gets it right

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Take a moment to read the letter to the editor by Kishanee Haththotuwegama, a WSU medical student from Spokane, published on January 10 in The Seattle Times:

"We urgently need more shelter space. But we must also address homelessness' root causes: soaring rent prices, wage stagnation and eroded social safety nets, to name a few. Policies like rent stabilization would protect renters who may face housing instability."

Read the full letter.

 

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