Even before the pandemic shuttered its economy, Cascadia—like many parts of North America—faced a profound housing shortage and affordability crisis. Now, that crisis has become a full-blown emergency.
Unemployment is surging toward Great Depression levels, economic output is falling fasterthan any time in modern history, and the share of tenants failing to pay April rent has already spiked. And, in the most extreme version of personal housing crisis—homelessness—you can’t shelter in place if you don’t have a place to shelter in. There’s never been a more urgent moment for big, bold, public action on housing.
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