In a news conference Wednesday, Inslee laid out his proposal that he’ll send to the Legislature, calling it “a substantial and audacious change in our housing efforts.”
“Rents have gone up, and people have fallen off the ladder of the ability to pay rent,” added the governor. “Our population is still growing, we need to build about 50,000 housing units a year just to keep up. And we’re about 5,000 to 7,000 of that short, every single year.”
State House and Senate lawmakers would have to pass the proposal before it goes to voters as a referendum, where Inslee predicted it would win approval: “I believe Washingtonians want to see
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