Editorial: Funding, changes needed to deliver housing for all

The state’s problems with affordable housing and homelessness comes down to what sounds like a relatively simple equation: too few roofs for the number of people who need one over their heads.

It’s a grim game of musical chairs, with even fewer chairs available at the lower levels of household income.

And too few roofs means that the costs for rent — and mortgages for those who can afford them — have meant increasing prices for housing, sometimes forcing families and individuals into homelessness and unsustainable options for shelter.

Nearly half — 47 percent — of all Washington state households faced unaffordable housing costs in 2019, meaning they spent more than 30 percent of their income on rent or mortgage.

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