When a tenant in Washington faces eviction, it’s possible they can reach a settlement agreement with their landlord that allows them to stay in their home. A state law approved in 2021 bars these ...

Some tenants in Southwest Washington and other parts of the state could face a predicament the next time they sign or renew a lease: either sign a nondisclosure agreement or risk eviction and having ...

Despite voter support for the LFCI, the Tacoma City Council is able to repeal or amend the initiative two years after its ...

Currently, the state maintains certain minimum requirements for tenant protections, such as requiring landlords to provide 60 days notice of a rent increase, that those increases cannot occur during ...

Thousands of Seattle tenants every year find themselves bewildered by confusing landlord-tenant rules, frustrated with an unresolved repair in their rental or facing potential eviction. Beyond a ...

Last month, Governor Bob Ferguson signed HB 1217 into law, which caps the amount by which a landlord can increase a tenant’s rent in a given year. The law, which went into effect immediately, is still ...

Outside Linda Dresback's front door, a half-dozen mailboxes are covered with pink sticky notes with frowning faces drawn in Sharpie. Each one represents another neighbor and friend who's moved out ...

(Editor’s note: The McClatchy Northwest Service team and The Bellingham Herald have teamed up to cover reader-submitted widespread housing and renters’ issues in Washington state. Along the way, a ...

As a private lawyer, Gary G. Everngam has represented tenants in court, but most of his clients were landlords. He was given a "leadership award" from an industry association that lobbies for ...