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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
City Council passes new housing ordinance Approved law will prevent landlords from refusing Section 8 voucher tenants SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
From left: Charlene Sugden, Mark Sugden, Kris Underhill and Don Watts pose for a picture at Perrigo Park in Redmond. Kris, Charlene and Don are the great-grandchildren of William and Matilda Perrigo, one of the founding couples of Redmond. CHAD COLEMAN, Redmond Reporter
PIONEERS of REDMOND
Warren Perrigo
Perrigo family paved the way for city’s Centennial Celebration
SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
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will be celebrating Redmond’s pioneering heritage throughout this year as part of its Centennial Celebration.
or Charlene Sugden, the City of Redmond is not the one she remembers HISTORY LESSON growing up during the 1950s Although she was born and 1960s. a Johnston and changed When she and her family her name once she was were living on Education Hill, married, Sugden’s greatthe area was all undeveloped grandparents are William land and dirt roads, with only a and Matilda Perrigo, one few homes. They had electricity of the two Perrigo couples but no running water and had who came and settled in outdoor bathrooms. Sugden’s the area in the 1870s along immediate family owned 10 with Luke McRedmond, the acres of land and other relatives William and Matilda Perrigo (center) and their many children were one of the city’s namesake. had land nearby as well. William was the second first families to reside in Redmond before it became an incorporated city 100 years “We owned the hill more Perrigo to come to the area. ago. Courtesy photo or less,” said Sugden, who is His older brother Warren now 67 and lives in Gold Bar. Perrigo came in 1870 from one of the city’s pioneering and founding “There was nobody there.” Kitsap County and William, coming families: the Perrigos. And while her family owned a lot of from Maine, followed in 1877. City officials and residents — along with land back then, they also hold dear a the descendants from the Perrigo family — [ more PERRIGOS page 6 ] significant piece of Redmond history as
Finding affordable housing in the City of Redmond will become a bit easier, starting next week. City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to adopt an ordinance that prohibits landlords from refusing to rent to tenants solely because they will be using Section 8 housing vouchers to help pay for their rent. The ordinance will go into effect Feb. 18. “I fully support this,” said Council President Pat Vache. The vote was met with a round of applause and came after a public hearing during which 20 people spoke. Most urged Council to support the measure, saying landlords’ refusal to rent solely on the grounds that Section 8 vouchers would be used is “legal discrimination” against a person’s source of income. “I just don’t think that’s the community we want to be,” Council member Kim Allen said about allowing this discrimination to continue. Other municipalities such as Seattle, Bellevue and unincorporated King County have already adopted similar ordinances. City of Redmond human services manager Colleen Kelly told Council this was an important issue to consider because finding affordable housing is a problem city staff members often face when working with people. She said it is in Redmond’s best interests to provide housing at all levels.
WHAT IS SECTION 8? The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban [ more HOUSING page 3 ]