Shukura Wilford hasn’t lost her job, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t struggling to pay her rent. Were it not for the state’s ban on evictions, Wilford, a single mother of three who works at Seattle Public Schools, wonders what else she’d have to give up to balance her books. Heat? Groceries? Car payments?
Crosscut: Washington considers narrowing its eviction moratorium
![Uli Fuamaila, 73, and his twin 8-year-old grandkids Neamiah, right, and Naomi in their Federal Way home on June 3, 2019. Fuamaila raises the twins, along with his 2-year-old grandson. (Photo by Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)](https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/01uli2_1-847x477.jpg)