Kootenai County commissioners have agreed to allow Assessor Béla Kovacs to hire attorney D. Colton Boyles to represent his office in multiple civil lawsuits but won’t reveal how much Kovacs is authorized to spend.
Kootenai County commissioners have denied Assessor Béla Kovacs’ request to hire attorney D. Colton Boyles to represent his office in two civil lawsuits.
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January 19, 2021 3:18 PM Kaitlin Knapp
HAYDEN, Idaho A Hayden property management company will pay $50,000 for violating Washington’s eviction moratorium. This case was brought to light in August 2020 by the Washington Attorney General’s Office and residents of Spokane properties.
The lawsuits claims Whitewater Creek violated the moratorium and threatened to evict several tenants of low-income housing complexes in Spokane County, including Winter Heights Apartments in Spokane Valley. In e-mails obtained by the AG’s Office, staff members, at the direction of majority owner Maryann Prescott, verbally threatened at least four residents at properties it was responsible for.
In a previous interview with a tenant, Skyla Morris told 4 News Now a payment plan was set up in order to pay back rent. Morris claimed the manager told her she was going to be evicted or face eviction when the courts opened back up. The apartment manager is also accused of t
Updated: 5:55 PM PST January 19, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. A low-income housing provider based in North Idaho has agreed to pay $50,000 after evidence revealed that the company illegally threated Spokane County tenants with eviction in April 2020.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a lawsuit in August 2020 against Whitewater Creek, Inc., based in Hayden, Idaho, asserting that the company violated Gov. Jay Inslee s proclamation on evictions.
In March 2020, Gov. Inslee s proclamation established a moratorium on evictions for the inability to pay rent as Washington residents deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically prohibits landlords from threatening to evict tenants for unpaid rent and specifies that they have to enter into repayment plans with tenants.