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Bill to create landlord‑tenant task force and freeze local tenant ordinances draws mixed reaction
Summary
SB 5,678 would form a 17‑member task force to study the Residential Landlord Tenant Act and impose a 36‑month moratorium on new local landlord‑tenant rules. Industry groups backed the bill’s collaborative review; tenant advocates, cities and legal aid groups opposed the moratorium and warned it would strip local protections.
Senate Bill 5,678, which would create a 17‑member task force to study the Residential Landlord‑Tenant Act (RLTA) and impose a 36‑month moratorium on new local ordinances regulating landlord‑tenant relations, drew sharply divided testimony in the Senate Housing Committee.
Bill Fosbury, committee staff, briefed members that the task force would include two senators, two representatives and 13 members from housing providers, tenant legal aid, tenant organizations representing historically underserved populations, public housing authorities, the Association of Washington Cities, the Superior Court Judges Association and the Department of Commerce. The task force would report recommendations by July 1, 2027, and the moratorium would prohibit counties,…
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