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Council committee advances landlord‑tenant and manufactured/mobile‑home fee ordinances; requests research on renter legal aid
Summary
After months of public engagement, councilors voted to recommend two ordinances limiting certain rental fees; council also approved a research project on civil legal aid capacity for renters and agreed to monitor potential effects of pet-related rules.
The Bellingham City Council’s Committee of the Whole reported June 9 that it recommended approval, with amendments, of two related draft ordinances that would regulate fees charged in residential rental and manufactured/mobile-home lease agreements.
Council members said the work began in fall 2024 and incorporated public engagement, focus groups and surveys. Council President Holly Huffman and committee members described the ordinances as an effort to address what they called “egregious” fee practices while noting the difficulty of crafting code that balances tenant protections with market…
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