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Rent cap passes state House

OLYMPIA The Washington State House of Representatives passed a rent increase cap bill by a vote of 54 to 43 Tuesday. A companion bill, SB 5961, failed to pass out of committee in January. House Bill 2114, sponsored by Rep. Emily Alvarado, D-Seattle, prohibits landlords from raising rent more than once in a 12-month period, and limits increases to 7% within a 12-month period. It also caps move-in fees and security deposits to the cost of one month’s rent, requires 180 days’ notice before raising rent more than 3 % and caps late fees at 1.5% of a tenant’s total monthly rent. “I hear from families who keep paying more and more rent and they can't save money to buy a home,” Alvarado said in a public hearing on the bill in January. “Hard-working people., people who work in child care and health care and grocery stores who pay their rent on time each month and then see their rent go up faster than their wages and they can't keep up and they have to move farther

Bellingham tenant advocates, landlords support statewide rent stabilization bills

Bills HB 2114 and SB 5961 are designed to provide rent predictability and stability.

WA lawmakers weigh proposal to slow rising rental costs amid ongoing housing crisis

Washington lawmakers weigh proposal to slow rising rental costs amid housing crisis

Bellingham ballot measures would raise the minimum wage, restrict steep rent hikes

Measures got to the ballot on the strength of a local petition drive.