Rent for 2-bedroom apartments rising quickly in Tacoma

As rent increases across Washington, the city of Tacoma is seeing an interesting trend for a particular style of apartment.
Story: www.king5.com/...

[@justincase3828]

We used to live in Lynnwood. We had a 2-bedroom apartment. Rent went up the first year. In the 2nd year we moved into a cheaper apartment in the same complex. Still 2-bedroom. After that every year for 3 years we had a rent increase. We left Lynnwood & moved to Yakima, WA in 2019. Just one more increase we would have been homeless. Covid started and Yakima rent increased. I had health problems and quit my health care job. By November 2020 we were homeless for a month and a half. Living in our car. By around the end of December, with help from Catholic Charities, we found a low-income apartment for 55 plus. I hate to think of where we'd be without that help. It's a big change. From working full time and being able to pay my own rent to having to rely on others for help. We need to get the cost of housing under control now. Sorry, this is long.

[@bobbiezaborsky9647]

Thank you for sharing your story! Your not alone!

[@satanslovechild6458]

@@norml.hugh-mann move back to where you can afford to grow

[@joshuaphillips755]

The houses just magically raised the prices on themselves - no idea how. Oh well.

[@selfovercome4161]

I live in Tacoma and my rent went up 41% this year. I'm beyond pissed.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Ugh. Thats horrible

[@nickmarenschi6859]

property taxes rises,rent rise, inflation and other stuff….

[@selfovercome4161]

Gas is up 240% in Federal Way since May 2020.

[@Madrespect]

Would've been cool if they would have mentioned the average price of two bedroom apts currently in Tacoma. Seems applicable to this story. **shrugs** Guess I'll Google...

[@SC-cb2pg]

Average price right now is $1700-2500

[@amberhenderson9983]

A lot of people have to share rent due to not being able to qualify to rent an apartment on their own. A lot of Apartments require that you make 3 times the rent. If your lucky to find a one bedroom apartment for 1300 a month you would have to make $3,900.00 a month. A family member makes $22.50 HR and cant qualify for a one-bedroom or studio apartment anywhere in this area and he makes too much for income restricted apartments. How many people fall in that in between? Then we wonder why there's a homeless problem and why people have to move out of the area.

[@karwinchau4684]

Interesting a laptop interview on the floor in a neighborhood.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

I know WTF?

[@connieblackford5267]

What was this video about?I was to busy admiring. The reporters muscles.

[@elliottswanson9307]

A lot of renters aren't tuned into the impact of property taxes on the owner. Rent controls help existing renters, but future renters not so much. A house or condo will likely be sold instead of rented before a property owner allows him or herself huge potential losses and headaches caused by a complicated bureaucracy. A landlord will also be going for more intense background checks and more up front money, which will cut more of the people with low incomes out of being able to rent...

[@griggsgriggs7173]

Stop raising property taxes. Put a cap on taxes. Problems fixed. If these elected officials won't do there jobs then vote them out.

[@slartybartfast6868]

GREED is rampant! And thats all it is!

[@vantuonghuy1696]

I just left Tacoma for Texas a year ago. Just leave the liberal/democratic cities, you will find a better life.

[@unokitsune]

Politicians don't give a crap. Politicians and lawyers who become Politicians largely hire Amber Heard personality people.

[@jayfish6114]

We need to have rent control now. Landlord's can afford the taxes. If not sale your property. Sounds like greedy Landlord's that want boat's, or buy more buildings to rent. Catch 22. Price gouging during a Pandemic ugg shameful.

[@davidolivas9482]

You want rent control due to high taxes. So you want the government to fix a problem they created in the first place? Why not lower taxes and decrease government?

[@FaceSilence]

Rent control isn't that great of a thing. We do need some of it to avoid absurd rent spikes but it's more important for gov to build more affordable housing. Build them and put the price low!

[@squatchpnw2331]

This quickly rising increase in cost of rent needs to stop and be taken control of. At current cost you would have to make almost $80,000 a year to live in a two-bedroom apartment. The average income for most people is around 40k to 50,000 a year. It's definitely contributing to the homeless problem we need to take action to keep rent low and affordable.

[@greenbamboo4264]

That reporter is hott 😂

[@connieblackford5267]

I know I was thinking the same thing lol

[@samuelonishchenko3576]

It’s so wack pretty soon no one will be able to afford basic housing

[@tatianaallen7001]

I am leaving to north California, more expensive but better weather, tired of the cold and rain in May, if you are poor move to other state and stop voting for liberals.

[@exiledhebrew1994]

Poor people can't afford to move

[@thereallycool]

Good Riddance fascist tool

[@tatianaallen7001]

@Adrian Parker I knew but after 11 years I can’t take it no more.

[@tatianaallen7001]

@@exiledhebrew1994 if they are going to be homeless they can.

[@connieblackford5267]

It's not that easy to just move .there are expenses that you have to move out of state which a lot of people do not have .

[@robertcarroll637]

I used to live in Auburn, rent was 725 by the time i left it was a 1000 a month and that was 3 years ago. Your money stretches longer in the south.

[@vihtoripuurola3775]

Government needs to do all it can to aid in housing starts, and apartment buildings. Need to start zoning areas of Tacoma for high rise apartment buildings. Then give tax breaks to those developers.

[@Unclejamsarmy]

Property tax increases don’t track with rent increases overall, obviously a landlord is going to say that, though they obviously make it worse and income taxes are much better generally. We need massive amounts of new multi family construction, some public housing, and modest rent control.

[@michaeltipton5500]

Becoming a world of haves and have nots.

[@smfbankrollshotty47]

No it’s greed my rent for my small one bedroom in a bad neighborhood had went from 950 to 1475 + Fee over night

[@SC-cb2pg]

We need more low income housing in Tacoma, can’t afford to live here anymore. I’ve been looking for a 2 bedroom I can afford for years now. The prices here are ridiculous. $1700-2500

[@tatianaallen7001]

I paid 1800 for a one room apartment in Seattle but 7 years ago, who know how much is now, crazy prices.

[@12thpls]

​@@monetschannel5773 Tacoma was always cheap. now every landlord feels like they keep increasing profits. the average w bedroom increased by 20% from a year prior. inflation is only at 8%

[@niya_gbisland]

At some point people aren't going to be able to pay the rent and they can't kick people out as easy as they would like. Things will come back 10 times worst.

[@i-am-me722]

There needs to be laws in place to regulate rent and stop raising taxes it's so hard to live in this state and I'm sure that's a huge contributor forcing people out of homes and living on the streets they taxes this tax that