[WSBARP] WSBARP Digest, Vol 75, Issue 13

[Kaitlyn Jackson]

I agree with Timothy.

This will be a textbook example of "let no crisis go to waste" regarding
legislative changes to permanently strip owners/landlords of real property
and contract rights.

Kaitlyn

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 11:42 AM Timothy Lehr <timothy at stileslaw.com> wrote:

> Sangeeta,
>
> I have a number of clients calling me wanting to file evictions on tenants
> who have not been effected by COVID. From my reading of the moratorium,
> nothing in the order actually states that the tenant must show that they
> have been effected by COVID. However, the "WHEREAS's" certainly list COVID
> as the reasoning behind the moratorium, but I still don't see any
> requirement that tenant has to prove anything. It reads as a blanket
> moratorium on evictions.
>
> Say your tenant is up to date on rent, but otherwise in default of their
> lease agreement. I don't see a way to evict under the order, aside from the
> exceptions for immediate and significant threats to health, safety or
> property of others OR LL's intent to sell or occupy.
>
> Needless to say, I have real problems with the language of this order.
> Hopefully any extensions will actually address a tenant's burden to show
> they have been effected.
>
> There have been lawsuits filed against the Governor, most recently in
> Lewis County. The Washington Landlord Association joined as a party. Below
> is a link to their website which has a PDF of the complaint. I believe
> there are also complaints filed in King and Pierce Counties. I'm very
> interested to see how those play out. But, I agree with others that the
> moratorium will not be lifted anytime soon and there will likely be
> legislation to further increase tenant rights before the moratorium is
> lifted. I'm afraid legitimate evictions will be increasingly difficult to
> pursue from here on out.
>
> https://www.walandlord.org/
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Timothy C. Lehr
> Attorney at Law
> Stiles Law Inc., P.S.
>
> p:   360.855.0131
> e:   timothy at stileslaw.com
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