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Council adopts stronger rental registration ordinance; ordinance requires landlord license before evictions and establishes relocation assistance
Summary
The council unanimously approved Ordinance 5510 to amend Bremerton Municipal Code chapter 5.06, strengthening enforcement of rental housing standards, requiring property registration before eviction proceedings and establishing relocation-assistance rules and city advance and recovery mechanisms.
The Bremerton City Council on April 2, 2025, unanimously passed Ordinance 5510, amending Bremerton Municipal Code chapter 5.06 to strengthen the city’s rental property registration program and add relocation-assistance provisions for tenants forced to vacate unsafe units.
The ordinance requires landlords to hold a city landlord license before initiating actions to recover possession of a rental housing unit. Director of Community Development Andrea Spencer told the council, "If you don't have a license, you can't evict your tenant." City Attorney Kylie Fennell explained the city aligned its language with state law: "The code says to recover possession of a rental housing unit," reflecting the statutory process under the landlord-tenant act.
Council members framed the change as an enforcement and tenant-protection measure.…
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