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I remember watching this fight play out in real time in Seattle: https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/somethings-rotten-in-roosevelt/ https://www.seattleweekly.c
by legitster 5y ago
I remember watching this fight play out in real time in Seattle:
https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/somethings-rotten-in-roosevelt/ https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/somethings-rotten-in-roos...
> Most in the crowd were furious about the Sisleys’ refusal to help keep up the neighborhood. “I feel like I’m watching a neighborhood crumble,” said David Ahrens. Another angry resident added, “These are transient places. People are moving in and out. I think you need to get more aggressive with them.”
> In 1994, after the DCLU took action on a number of violations at Sisley properties, including the illegal conversion of a house that was zoned single-family into a six-unit “residents’ club” house, Gilbert brought a similar suit against city officials.
Then there's all of the Carl Haglund stuff.
I think people have tried to cater to low income tenants, and all of them have been run out of town.