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RHAWA hit the ground running the day after the 2024 Legislative Session came to a close in March. During this time the RHAWA Government Affairs team...

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Over the past two years, the eviction process in King County has been broken and a major focus of RHAWA has been trying to fix it, both at the local...

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With the primary race behind us and looking ahead to November, I have been speaking with candidates from both sides of the aisle about their...

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Over the last few months, many RHAWA members have contacted the Support Center with questions and confusion about whether the use of grills,...

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RHAWA provides several different resources on local laws from a few different perspectives. Some start with a certain type of law and illustrate how...

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The 4th District encompasses much of the Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Millwood and some of the surrounding areas such as the popular Green Bluff...

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In our continued coverage of the effort to create social housing in Seattle and while we are in the middle of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics it...

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Because actual limits on rent increases are unconstitutional in Washington State, local governments have been passing ordinances that create...

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Some new laws came and ended along with the pandemic. Others are lingering, some are here for good, and new local laws keep popping up. Washing-ton...

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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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Many housing providers in Washington are unaware of the statewide ban on any blanket housing denials based on a tenant’s criminal history. For...

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The Olympia Rental Housing Code was amended 5/15/2024 to create several additional tenant rights in the City of Olympia. This ordinance applies to...

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