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Urgent Update – Rental Regulation in City of Bellingham

July 13, 2017 By Andi Leave a Comment

I wanted to alert you to the Bellingham City Council decision to direct staff to proceed with a draft Rental Regulation Ordinance.  These provisions will have a significant impact on how landlords rent their properties.  If you are a landlord, or have clients that are landlords, of have clients who find themselves in a rent-back situation in the future, you will need to be aware of these new proposed  requirements.  

 
Here they are:

 
1)  Source of income discrimination – A landlord will not longer be able to state that housing vouchers are not accepted.  No more ads saying that “you don’t take Section 8.”  So long as the income is from a LEGAL source, that is all the information you can request.

Please note: This does not mean that your rent has to be set at the voucher level, only that you cannot ask if they are using a voucher.

2)  Rent Increase Notification – If you are raising rent 10% or more, you will be required to provide additional time for notification.  The proposal will be between 45-90 days.

You will still be able to provide less time, but then you will be required to pay your tenant’s relocation costs.

 

3)  No Cause Notice of Vacation – If you evict a tenant for something other than “for cause” (those permissible reasons pursuant to the Landlord/Tenant Act, i.e., drug activity, nuisance, etc.), you will be required to provide 60 days’ notice.  

4)  Posting Notice of Rights – You will be required to post a notice of rights in every unit.  The Council was not excited to require you to post the entire Landlord/Tenant Act in the unit, but it will most likely be an informational brochure that gives a basic summary of Tenant rights and resources to obtain legal assistance.

 

5)  Voter Registration – The Council wants to require that Landlords provide tenants with voter registration information.

We will be providing additional information as it becomes available.  Please be watching so that you can make your views known.  Of course, if you have thoughts on these topics now, we would strongly encourage you to contact the City Council right away.

Bellingham City Council e-mail:  ccmail@cob.org

Source: WCAR

Filed Under: Living in the Pacific Northwest Tagged With: Bellingham, Housing, Rent, Rental Market

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