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Two proposals are before the state legislature that looks to put some limits on ever-increasing rent prices, which some lawmakers say are contributing to rising homelessness rates.

The proposals __26__ caps on rent increases, preventing landlords in the state from raising rent more than the rate of inflation in most cases. There are exceptions for buildings less than 10 years old, public housing, improvements beyond maintenance, and a hardship __27__.

In a 2020 study, researchers at the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated that every $100 in rent increase is __28__ to a 9% rise in homelessness. Rent increases have an even more detrimental effect on some demographic groups, such as racial minorities.

Representative Alex Ramel explained why he thought that this kind of legislation was so important, telling the story of a __29__ struggling to live in the community.

Ramel pointed out the __30__ effect of double-digit rent increases, saying that he made the decision to introduce the legislation while talking to a young man in Bellingham. "He's a recent graduate from Western Washington University and just got a new job," Ramel said. "He was leaving our community because his landlord __31__ him that his rent was going to go up by $600 a month."

The Rental Housing Association of Washington opposes the legislation. The association __32__ that the policy won't actually solve the problem of rental prices. Instead, it will punish small landlords and allow wealthy renters easy access to cheap housing.

"The rent control policy has failed everywhere it has been __33__ in this county. It has not fixed one housing problem __34__. It also does not distinguish between rich and poor when __35__ who gets the benefits of rent control," said Chester Baldwin with the Rental Housing Coalition.