Beer and housing: a perfect pair. Soon, a Pierce County mom and her boys will move in
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1 hr ago Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 23 The kids haven t even seen the new place yet.
Their mom is certain they ll love it. I think they ll be excited, Elaine told me on Tuesday, one of the 28-year-old bank teller s days off.
For the last four years, Elaine who asked to be identified by a different name to maintain her family s privacy has been living with her two young sons at her mom s house in Puyallup. Sharing a single bedroom, it s been a circumstance of necessity for the single mother. When rent at her former apartment climbed too high, Elaine and her kids were priced out, becoming statistics of the regional housing affordability crisis we hear so much about.