Advocacy

For most of the twentieth century, scientists argued about why the mammoths died out. One camp blamed the climate, the ice age ending, and the...

A Louisiana court may have cracked open the door to charging fees for emotional support animals (ESA), but Washington landlords should think very...

The RHAWA Government Affairs Team consistently watches for updates to local housing policy. We track changes proposed by both local city councils,...

If you have been paying attention to what is happening across Washington over the last few decades, you already know the answer to the question...

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority, or KCRHA, received $533.9 million between mid-2021 and July 2025. This has come to light due to a...

For years, independent housing providers across Washington State have absorbed the financial consequences of aggressive rental legislation; lost...

RHAWA Regent Steve Corker explains why Spokane’s proposed cooling ordinance could unintentionally displace naturally affordable rental housing and...

The Spokane City Council is considering an ordinance, the proposed Renters’ Right to Cooling (SMC 10.57.175), that would require landlords to...

There is a term in housing policy, Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing, or NOAH, that most rental housing providers have probably never heard,...

The same organization that delivered Tacoma's onerous 2023 Landlord Fairness Code (FKA as Measure 1 or Initiative 1, AKA Tenant Bill of Rights or...

The most dangerous policy is one that works exactly as advertised, right up until it doesn’t. The damage from simple solutions applied to...

Now that April has arrived, the 2026 Legislative Session has officially been over for around two weeks. This year’s legislative session had...