Effective January 15, 2017, Seattle residential landlords must comply with a host of new rules relating to the move-in fees they charge to tenants. This is the latest of several measures implemented under the recommendation of the Seattle Housing Affordability…
Read MoreBlog post written by Scott Feir and Jay Corker Free. Ensuring tenant safety just became more challenging. HUD and the Washington State Attorney General’s Office recently informed landlords that turning down housing applicants based on their criminal records may constitute…
Read MoreThe Seattle City Council has passed a new housing ordinance, which requires residential landlords to screen rental applications in chronological order and award the lease to the first eligible applicant. Failure to abide by the “first-in-time” policy can be deemed an…
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