The cost of aging: How rent caps could affect Washington seniors

Mobile homeowners wait for relief

Sara Eubank and her husband Dave sold their home in Utah four years ago and moved to Washington to be closer to their kids.

They bought a manufactured home in a 55-plus community in Bremerton with hopes of retiring. Since then, the rent on the property where their home sits has gone up $1,000 a month – far outpacing their Social Security payments.

They both went back to work to make some extra cash, but as Dave Eubank faces a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy, Sara Eubank said she doesn’t know what they’re going to do.

“We borrow from Peter to pay Paul every month trying

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