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11
Rental housing providers across Washington are being asked to navigate more change than ever before. New laws, evolving local requirements,...
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Date posted
Aug
10
Washington's local housing policy landscape is rarely quiet for long, and the past several weeks have delivered significant developments that...
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Date posted
Aug
8
For the last several months, RHAWA has been watching the SAFE Homes for All Initiative move through its signature-gathering phase with close...
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Date posted
Aug
7
Owning and managing rental housing has never really been a passive investment, but even more so in the last decade. Between changing regulations,...
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Date posted
Aug
6
I finished graduate school at a difficult time in the Pacific Northwest labor market. In 2019, before COVID, hiring was still concentrated largely...
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Date posted
Aug
5
In June, the Seattle Social Housing Developer closed on its first property. Not a distressed building. Not an aging complex on the edge of...
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Date posted
Aug
4
A lot has happened since our July update on Spokane's Renters' Right to Cooling ordinance (ORD C36877). The ordinance had its first reading before...
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Date posted
Aug
3
If you have ever wondered what happens when you combine a fourth-generation Washingtonian, a global traveler, a policy expert, a former mayor, and...
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Date posted
Aug
3
Emergency resources for everyone affected by the Spokane Complex Fire: evacuation maps, shelters, insurance and financial help, and what rental...
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Date posted
Jul
24
Washington's maximum annual rent increase rises to 10% for calendar year 2027, up from 9.683% this year. The 5% cap on manufactured housing lot rent...
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Date posted
Jul
17
For years, multifamily owners across the Puget Sound region relied on a relatively simple formula to increase property value: raise rents and grow...
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