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Jul
14
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...
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Date posted
Jul
13
A Louisiana court may have cracked open the door to charging fees for emotional support animals (ESA), but Washington landlords should think very...
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Date posted
Jul
6
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...
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Date posted
Jun
15
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...
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Date posted
Jun
5
For years, independent housing providers across Washington State have absorbed the financial consequences of aggressive rental legislation; lost...
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Date posted
Jun
3
The Spokane City Council is considering an ordinance, the proposed Renters’ Right to Cooling (SMC 10.57.175), that would require landlords to...
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Date posted
May
12
There is a term in housing policy, Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing, or NOAH, that most rental housing providers have probably never heard,...
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Date posted
May
6
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...
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Date posted
Apr
13
The most dangerous policy is one that works exactly as advertised, right up until it doesn’t. The damage from simple solutions applied to...
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Date posted
Apr
6
Now that April has arrived, the 2026 Legislative Session has officially been over for around two weeks. This year’s legislative session had...
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Date posted
Mar
17
RHAWA Members: Take the State Housing Task Force Survey Washington housing providers need to be heard on the proposed Department of Housing
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Date posted
Mar
13
“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly...
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