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The rent cap for manufactured and mobile homes is even lower, at 5%. The Senate-passed version of the bill exempted single-family home rentals from the cap, but that change was eliminated in this ...
In the final days of the Washington legislative session, lawmakers hashed out agreements to approve a bill that sets limits on rent increases and a measure that gives striking workers unemployment ...
Washington's rent-control bill made it through both houses, but two unexpected amendments added on the Senate floor sent House Bill 1217 into a conference committee. Those amendments increased the ...
Rent increases for manufactured homes are limited to 5% under House Bill 1217. While the rent cap policy on traditional homes would expire after 15 years, the manufactured home rule wouldn’t lapse.
But it’s unclear if Governor Bob Ferguson will support the rent cap bill. House Bill 1217, the product of a late-session compromise between House and Senate Democrats, will cap rent hikes at 7% ...