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Committee agrees to notify property owners about historic race- and faith-based covenants
Summary
Staff recommended sending notice to properties with historic race- or faith-restrictive covenants recorded before the city's incorporation; the committee voted to send a letter with clear instructions and links to King County resources on how owners can remove or modify covenants.
The committee considered a staff proposal to notify property owners that historic race- or faith-restrictive covenants exist in the chain of title for some properties in the city and to offer guidance on how those covenants may be removed.
Keith Nevin, the city's community development director, said city research identified about 288 properties within Federal Way with recorded covenants that include race-based restrictions dating to when the area was…
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