Duana Ricks-Johnson, a 54-year-old veteran and single mother, returned from advocating for rent stabilization in Olympia last year to find a 14-day pay-or-vacate notice on her Vancouver apartment door. She had told legislators earlier that day she wasn’t able to pay her rent after it increased by $300 a month.
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Source: The Columbian
WA bill capping rent increases doesn’t ease tenants’ fears in Clark County
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