Yearly Archives: 2025

06 Aug

News

Landlords Fined for First Time Under WA’s New Law Capping Rent Increases

• August 12, 2025
• By admin

Dear WLA Members,For your general information, please see the article from the Washington State Standard, titled, Landlords Fined for F...

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22 Jul

News

Commerce announces 9.683% rent cap for 2026

• July 23, 2025
• By admin

Dear WLA Members: The new rent cap announced by the Washington State Department of Commerce (DOC) is 9.683% for 2026. It goes into effe...

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01 Jul

News

Washington House Bill 1003 – Changes to Termination Notices

• August 12, 2025
• By admin

The Washington Legislature has passed House Bill 1003 (“HB 1003”), which becomes effective on July 27, 2025. HB 1003 makes changes to t...

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12 Jun

News

Commerce Confirms Rent Increase Cap is 10%

• June 12, 2025
• By admin

UPDATED: WA Department of Commerce confirms the maximum annual rent increase percentage allowed, through 12/31/2025, is 10.0%...

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23 May

News

The Statewide Criminal Report will be Discontinued on June 1st, 2025

• May 29, 2025
• By admin

Our tenant screening company, the National Tenant Network (NTN) is discontinuing the Statewide Criminal search on June 1st. For crimina...

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15 May

News

WLA PAC: 2025 End of Legislative Session | Update May 2025

• May 15, 2025
• By admin

2025.05.05 - End of Session Legislative Report - PDF LINK 2025.05.14 - WLA 2025 Legislative Priorities - PDF LINK The last day of the...

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13 May

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Washington State Department of Commerce: HB 1217 Landlord Resource Center

• May 13, 2025
• By admin

HB 1217 of the 2025 legislative session directed Commerce to create an “online resource center to distribute information to landlords a...

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13 Apr

News

WLA PAC | 2025 Legislative Session Update as of April 13, 2025

• April 15, 2025
• By admin

Today marks the 91st day of the 2025 105-Day legislative session. We only have 15 days left until Sine Die (End of Session). If lawmake...

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26 Mar

News

2025 Legislative Session Update as of March 26th, 2025 | Proposed House & Senate Operating Budget

• March 27, 2025
• By admin

2025 Legislative Session Update | Proposed House & Senate Operating Budget March 26, 2025 For your general information, below i...

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20 Mar

News

Rent Control: Why it isn’t a solution!

• March 20, 2025
• By admin

Washington is facing a housing crisis but rent stabilization—rent control—isn't the solution; it's a simplistic response to a complex i...

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