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Burien staff seeks repeal of local rent-increase code after new state landlord-tenant law takes effect
Summary
The city’s rental housing inspection coordinator asked the council to repeal portions of Burien Municipal Code Chapter 5.63 to align the code with recent statewide changes to landlord-tenant law that limit rent-increase frequency and set caps for existing tenants; the council placed the repeal on next meeting’s consent agenda.
Manuela Jeanette, Rental Housing Inspection Program Coordinator for the City of Burien, presented on May 12 to ask the council to repeal two parts of BMC Chapter 5.63 so local code aligns with recent state changes to the residential landlord-tenant statutes (RCW 59.18) and the mobile-home landlord-tenant statutes (RCW 59.20).
Jeanette summarized the main effects of the new state law discussed at the meeting: rent increases for existing tenants are limited to once every 12 months; for existing tenants the increase is capped at…
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