SB 5222 HEARING || Wednesday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m. 

SB 5222 HEARING || Wednesday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m.                        

A briefing will take place in the Legislative Building at the seal at 11am.

Sign in Opposition to Rent Control

Urging all Members to Testify in the                                                 

Senate Housing Committee in

OPPOSITION of SB 5222

We need you to attend the Hearing and join us for this fight.  Your presence is critical. Lawmakers need to see that housing providers, builders, and advocates across Washington are united in opposition to this harmful legislation.

If you haven’t already signed up in opposition to stating CON, please do so now!

SB 5222 Hearing – JA Cherberg Building Room 4

 

• Testify in-person, click here
• Testify virtually, click here
• To Submit written testimony, click here
• To Provide opposition to be noted for the legislative record, click here

Please note that you must sign in 1 hour before the hearing to testify or provide a position to be placed on the legislative record.

After the hearing, you have 24 hours to submit written testimony.

HB 1217 Executive Session (Vote out of Committee) – Monday, January 20 at 1:30 p.m.

 

Contact Members of the House Housing Committee to VOTE NO on HB 1217

We Urge you to Email ALL members of the House Housing Committee

 

Member	Phone	Email
Peterson, Strom (D), Chair	360-786-7950	[email protected]
Hill, Natasha (D), Vice Chair	360-786-7888	[email protected]
Richards, Adison (D), Vice Chair	360-786-7964	[email protected]
Low, Sam (R), Ranking Minority Member	360-786-7967	[email protected]
Jacobsen, Cyndy (R), Assistant Ranking Minority Member	360-786-7968	[email protected]
Manjarrez, Deb (R), Assistant Ranking Minority Member	360-786-7856	[email protected]
Alvarado, Emily (D)	360-786-7978	[email protected]
Barkis, Andrew (R)	360-786-7824	[email protected]
Connors, April (R)	360-786-7882	[email protected]
Cortes, Julio (D)	360-786-7840	[email protected]
Dufault, Jeremie (R)	360-786-7874	[email protected]
Engell, Andrew (R)	360-786-7908	[email protected]
Entenman, Debra (D)	360-786-7918	[email protected]
Gregerson, Mia (D)	360-786-7868	[email protected]
Lekanoff, Debra (D)	360-786-7800	[email protected]
Reed, Julia (D)	360-786-7814	[email protected]
Timmons, Joe (D)	360-786-7854	[email protected]

 

 

 

HB 1217/SB 5222:    This legislation makes changes to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by:

• 7% cap on rent increases
• Requirement for housing providers to provide a 180-day notice for any increases of 3%,
• Limitation on late fees to 1.5% of the rent.
• It would empower local governments to establish and enforce their own regulations related to these matters
• Prohibits housing providers from offering preferential terms for longer lease agreement
• Limits the combined total of move-in and security deposits to one month’s rent.
• The legislation also extends to vacation rentals, while exempting non-profits and government-run entities
• Housing providers would be held responsible for covering attorney fees if a tenant successfully files a claim for any violation of these laws
• An exemption for properties within the first 10 years of their certificate of occupancy.

 

HB 1217 Sponsors: Representatives Alvarado, Macri, Ramel, Peterson, Berry, Mena, Thai, Reed, Obras, Farivar, Parshley, Ortiz-Self, Cortes, Duerr, Street, Berg, Taylor, Fitzgibbon, Doglio, Timmons, Tharinger, Fosse, Gregerson, Simmons, Wylie, Pollet, Kloba, Nance, Davis, Ormsby, Lekanoff, Bergquist, Scott, Stonier, Hill

SB 5222 Sponsors: Senators Trudeau, Chapman, Bateman, Conway, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Orwall, Pedersen, Riccelli, Robinson, Saldaña, Slatter, Stanford, Valdez, Wilson, C.

Thanks again for your continued opposition to RENT CONTROL. We need you to ACT NOW!

 

 

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