Mukilteo mayor: It's getting harder to call this place home

MUKILTEO — Mayor Jennifer Gregerson is a third-generation Mukiltean.

She grew up here. So did her dad, Bill Gregerson. He and her mom, Jill, still live in the same 1970s house where she and her younger sister grew up. There have been Gregersons in the city since 1947.

These days, the mayor worries about future generations who can’t afford housing in their hometown.

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“In the last 19 years, the median single-family home price has risen by almost 50%, adjusting for inflation. … Fewer and fewer families are able to purchase a home, and rental rates countywide have risen by 32%,” said Gregerson, who served on the City Council before being elected mayor in 2013 for her first term.

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Pretty much what most communities in the Puget Sound region are going through.