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Coverage

• Seattle-area rents hold steady after pandemic-fueled spikes (Seattle Times 5/19/2023)
• Fewer WA renters face eviction now than before COVID. Will that last? (Seattle Times | 5/7/2023) 
• Seattle rent could increase as a result of newly passed $10 late-fee cap (The Center Square | 4/21/2023)

• Court Says Landlords Can Ask Tenants About Criminal History (Rental Housing Journal | 3/28/2023)

• Seattle is losing more apartments than it's building. Small landlords blame overregulation (KUOW | 3/23/2023)
• Small landlords share concerns about recent housing laws with Seattle City Council committee (King 5 | 3/22/2023)
• 'An extreme outlier:' Rental Association reacts after King Co. detective is shot serving eviction notice (Q13 | 3/21/2023)
• Federal court rules Seattle landlords can ask about criminal history (KUOW | 3/21/2023)
• Average Seattle apartment is 659 square feet, the smallest in the country (King 5 | 3/15/2023)
• WA efforts to cap rent hikes, give tenants more notice fail in Olympia (Seattle Times | 3/9/2023)
• New Washington legislation aims to stablize rent as housing crisis worsens (Northwest Public Broadcasting | 2/24/2023)
• WA bills seek to cap rent hikes and register rentals, landlords object (Seattle Times | 1/27/2023)
• Washington lawmakers want to curb "bonkers" rent hikes (AXIOS Seattle | 1/18/2023)
• Landlords, tenants look for balance in new rules on rental housing (KOMO News | 1/11/2023)
• Five Seattle suburbs added new landlord-renter laws this year. Here’s what they do. (Seattle Times | 12/15/2022)
• Seattle landlords accused of conspiring to raise apartment rents (Seattle Times | 11/16/2022)
• Rising rents create a conundrum in Clark County, Tenant advocates urge caps; landlords say that would worsen housing shortage (The Columbian | 11/5/2023)
• Seattle landlords accused of conspiring to raise apartment rents (Seattle Times | 11/16/2022)
• Landlord keeping your security deposit? Here are your rights in WA (Seattle Times | 9/10/2022)
• Skyrocketing Seattle-area rents leave tenants with no easy choices (Seattle Times | 8/14/2022)
• WA landlords sue over eviction protection (Seattle Times | 7/28/2022)
• Next time your Seattle landlord hikes the rent, you may be eligible for help (Seattle Times | 7/1/2022)
• Housing policy creates desperation (Bothell-Kenmore Reporter | 6/8/2022)
• Rental laws hurting small landlords (Seattle Medium | 5/19/2022)
• Rent for 2-bedroom apartments rising quickly in Tacoma (King 5 | 5/13/2022)
• Small Landlords In Limbo As Rental Assistance Wraps Up (Seattle Medium | 5/12/2022)
• Small landlord says he's leaving Seattle over the city's rental laws (King 5 | 4/28/2022)
• The rental moratorium in Settle is ending. Now the real problems will begin. (WA Policy Center | 4/17/2022)
• Seattle loses nearly 3,000 rental peoperties in less than a year (MyNorthwest | 4/8/2022)
• Property tax increases present challenge to Washington landlords, tenants (The Center Square | 3/31/2022)
• Seattle weighs options after court strikes down ‘Eviction Defense for Renters’ (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog | 3/23/2022)
• There’s no place like home (Real Change News | 3/23/2022) 
• Part of Seattle tenant protection law struck down by court (Associated Press | 3/22/2022)
• Seattle's eviction moratorium ended, but some protections remain (Crosscut | 3/2/2022)
• Seattle suburbs like Kenmore eye tenant protections as homelessness concern looms (Seattle Times | 2/24/2022)
• Seattle site connects renters, landlords to resources as eviction moratorium nears end (Q13 Fox News | 2/22/2022)
• Seattle eviction moratorium will expire at end of February (Seattle Times | 2/11/2022)
• WA tenants could get 6 months' notice of big rent hikes (Seattle Times | 2/6/2022)
• This woman has 'fat stacks' of rent relief for landlords. But some aren't interested. (KUOW | 10/29/2021)
• Washington state eviction moratorium set to end Sunday after 19 months (Puget Sound Business Journal | 10/29/2021)
• Renters worry as eviction moratorium bridge expires (King 5 | 10/29/2021)
• Gov. Inslee to let Washington state eviction limits expire Sunday (Seattle Times | 10/29/2021)
• Seattle lawmakers approve six-month notice for rent increases (The Hill | 9/28/21)
• Seattle City Council approves requirement for six months’ notice of rent increases (Seattle Times | 9/27/21)
• Seattle City Council OKs new leasing rules for tenants hit with higher rent charges (KOMO | 9/27/21)
• National eviction moratorium expires but help is still available for tenants in Washington (KOMO News | 8/1/2021)
• Fears after eviction ban expires (Q13 Fox News | 8/1/2021)
• King County Council to consider new limits on evictions (Seattle Times | 6/29/21)
• Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is extending the city’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium through September (Seattle Times | 6/18/21)
• Eviction moratorium extended until September 30 (KOMO News | 6/18/21)
• Relief slow to reach King County renters as evictions set to resume (Crosscut | 6/16/21)
• The unintended consequences of rent controls and eviction moratoriums (Seattle Time Opinion | 6/7/21)
• Property Tax interview (KIRO Radio | 4/21)
• Keep Washington's Mom-and-Pop Landlords in Business (Seattle Times Editorial Board | 3/29/21)
• Looming debt crisis for renters & landlords on City Inside/Out (Seattle Channel | 3/17/2021)
• Washington Lawmakers Look for Ways to Exit the Eviction Moratorium - and Prevent the Fallout (The Chronicle | 1/31/21)
• "Chilling effect": Eviction moratorium strains small landlords (Lens | 11/8/20)
• Washington eviction moratorium extended through Dec. 31 (King 5 | 10/8/20)
• Looming 'tsunami' in housing crisis already altering Seattle communities (KOMO News | 9/3/20)
• Mayor extends Seattle's eviction moratorium through December (Seattle Times | 8/14/20)
• Some Washingtonians concerned as end of state eviction moratorium draws near (King 5 | 7/9/20)
• Washington state housing group hopes to help struggling landlords during the pandemic (King 5 | 7/2/20)
• Coronavirus has cost more than 100,000 people around Seattle their jobs. So why aren't rents going down? (Seattle Times | 4/15/20)
• Should Seattle ban most eviction in the wintertime? City Council will vote today (Seattle Times | 2/10/20)
• Tension between landlords and tenants over new eviction law could prompt changes (The News Tribune | 12/27/19)
• Landlords Sue City Over Restrictions on Move-In Fees, RHA officials argue the council’s ordinance is reducing options for affordable housing. (Seattle Met | 5/17/2017)

• City Inside/Out: Rental Rules (Seattle Channel | 3/6/2015)

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