On Tuesday, March 21st, the 9th Circuit Court ruled that Seattle's prohibition on using criminal background checks for housing did not meet the...
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Read PostSeattle has enacted a 180 day notice and new relocation assistance requirements.
Read PostWay back in 1981, the City of Seattle started the trend of only allowing housing providers to end month-to-month tenancies by citing one or more...
Read PostNew Seattle Laws on Roommates Last fall, the Seattle City Council passed several new bills relating to rental housing, including CB 119606 which...
Read PostSeattle City Council recently passed legislation enacting a 6-month ban on evictions after the Governor’s COVID emergency order, currently set...
Read PostOn February 10, the Seattle City Council took the unprecedented step of banning eviction for “Winter Months”. While there were many...
Read PostAn interesting op-ed ran last week in The Lens focused on the risks which Just Cause laws pose to neighbors and other risks, from the perspective of...
Read PostNobody should be without a safe place to stay during the winter – or any time of year. Evictions are a last resort for housing providers...
Read PostEarlier this morning, the State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Seattle’s “First in Time” (FIT) ordinance, previously thrown...
Read PostWhat is abundantly clear from the 2019 General election is that the issues the rental industry faced in the City of Seattle prior to the election...
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