Washington’s Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the CARES Act eviction notice only applies to tenants who are late on rent, and not to violent tenants targeted by landlords for quick removal.
A plan by the Donna Deegan administration to implement state legislation requiring counties to ban public sleeping or camping by unhoused people is forthcoming.
The ruling may clear the way for investors citywide to buy properties from the city’s land bank or at tax sales unencumbered by delinquent sewer bills.