Advocacy & Gov. Affairs

Despite district court ruling against landlords on binding precedent, Davis Wright Tremaine files immediate appeal, vowing to challenge Ninth...

Washington's local housing policy landscape is rarely quiet for long, and the past several weeks have delivered significant developments that...

For the last several months, RHAWA has been watching the SAFE Homes for All Initiative move through its signature-gathering phase with close...

I finished graduate school at a difficult time in the Pacific Northwest labor market. In 2019, before COVID, hiring was still concentrated largely...

In June, the Seattle Social Housing Developer closed on its first property. Not a distressed building. Not an aging complex on the edge of...

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...

There is something that happens when a room full of RHAWA members sit down together. The conversation starts with a question about a notice...

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

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

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