Advocacy

Washington Building Code Council Actions Cause Confusion

In the third installment of our series, "The Heart of Housing," we examine the inexorable link between timely evictions, tenant safety, and...

While the rematch of the Biden v. Trump battle will capture the bulk of the political national media attention over the course of the summer, there...

If you watched any of the testimony against HB 2114 during the 2024 legislative session, then you may have seen Morgan Shook of ECOnorthwest...

This spring has brought a bit of a slow down compared to the winter months in local jurisdictions proposing new rental regulations due primarily to...

Maia Espinoza is running for state senate in the 28th district which en compasses University Place, Lake wood, Fircrest, Dupont, Steilacoom, Elk...

In the first week of June, all the changes that passes state legislature in the 2024 legislative session went into effect. This includes several of...

The City of Bellingham began developing rental regulations in 2015 with the introduction of a registration and inspection program. In 2018, another...

Over the course of the last year, we have seen a litany of negative changes for housing providers in Washington. This has led to an increasingly...

I have had the pleasure of working with Jim during my time with RHAWA as he is deeply ingrained in rental housing policy in our state. He has been...

RHAWA is working hard to keep track of the ever-changing landscape of rental housing regulation in various jurisdictions across Washington State....

This past short 60-day legislative session highlighted our state lawmaker’s ability to work in a bipartisan fashion to protect small rental...