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Washington’s Right to Counsel program is meant to ensure that low-income tenants have access to legal representation in ...
Councilmember Cathy Moore’s announcement earlier this week that she would step down from her position seemingly threw into ...
Los Angeles received recommendations for updating a decades-old rent control formula. But the City Council still hasn’t ...
Kavya Beheraj/Axios The number of new apartment projects approved in the Seattle area has dropped significantly in recent months, which means rent hikes could be coming, real estate experts warn. The ...
Following a series of legislative and legal battles, protests outside City Hall, hurt feelings over the nature and basic ...
The ethics code update bill, a dangerously sneaky legislation that would destabilize renter’s rights across Seattle, died in ...
Rent control doesn't work; it makes things worse for poor renters. Yet Washington state has imposed it anyway.
Lawmakers joined housing advocates to push for a package of housing bills to expand rent stabilization statewide and ...
Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday ... Oregon’s rent-control bill was passed in 2019 and later updated to cap rent increases at either 7% plus the annual 12-month average change ...
SEATTLE, Wash. – Governor Ferguson signed ... Though the biggest item he signed into law was the rent stabilization bill that was a hot topic for lawmakers this year. Under House Bill 1217 ...
SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a suite of housing bills into Washington state law on Wednesday afternoon, including one that controls how much most landlords can raise the rent on their ...