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The 2025 Legislative Session begins on January 13th, 2025, which is approaching quickly. We hope you are looking forward to joining our events and...

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The November Ballot has likely already showed up in your mailbox, so it is now the time to make your voice heard and participate in this...

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FEDERAL AND STATE EXECUTIVE: Well, the general election held a few surprises when it came to the national and statewide stage, but also many...

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Local governments have been quietly busy this summer tackling their required state mandate to update their Comprehensive Plans. Local governments...

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As predicted last month with the 2024 State Campaign Watch, the Presidential race continues to attract the bulk of the national media attention,...

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During our record-breaking summer temperature across the state, local governments are methodically reviewing and proposing updates to their...

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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...

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

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

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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...

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

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The Rental Housing Association of Washington (RHAWA) is working hard to keep track of the ever-changing landscape of rental housing regulation in...

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