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Rent Control Hearing - Senate

Rent Control is coming to the Senate Housing Committee on Friday Jan 12th

Friday, January 12, 2024
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM (PST)

Event Details

Join our Grassroots Effort - Attend the Rent Control Hearing

Please volunteer to carpool if you are available!

Daniel Bannon will create a group e-mail thread with those who have registered on this page to coordinate carpooling. If you would not like your e-mail shared in the group thread, please delete your registration. 

SB 5961 was introduced and scheduled for a hearing that would establish “rent control” measures that are currently illegal in Washington State. See our State Advocacy Center for more information on this bill.

We encourage all our members to attend this hearing and defend your rights. It is imperative that we prevent harmful legislation from becoming law.

SUMMARY OF SB 5961
  • Rent increase over 3% would require 180 day’s notice
  • Tenant can end lease at any time with 20 days written notice if rent increase is over 3%
  • Rent increases are limited to a maximum of 5% in a 12 month period
  • No rent increases shall be served in the first 12 months of tenancy
  • Ban on offering a discount for fixed term leases v. month to month
  • Mandatory damages of three months rent and attorney fees/costs and defense to eviction
  • Does not apply to first ten years of a new property
  • No mechanism to increase by more than 5% in event of factors outside housing providers control - unconstitutional under current SCOTUS case law

Read the Bill

HEARING DETAILS

RHAC will be hosting an online and in-person briefing room with our government affairs team before the hearing begins

Please join RHAC Staff in the Prichard Building Cafeteria anytime after 8:30AM

    QUESTIONS

    Contact Daniel Bannon, Grassroots Organizer:

    (206) 905-0609