De’Sean Quinn: Poverty is now largely a suburban challenge
“The cost of housing is arguably the biggest issue facing our region. Too many people are being priced out of Seattle, driving farther from the jobs that pay the bills to homes they can afford. But for all the rhetoric, the true nature of the challenge is being missed. While many people highlight housing costs in Seattle, far fewer focus on the fact that poverty in King County is now largely a suburban challenge, not an urban one. We as a region need to retool our systems to meet our working poor people and seniors on a fixed income where they are, in suburbs like Tukwila, where I live.”