[WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session

[Kary Krismer]

I'm not seeing that we need a complex legislative fix as much as just a 
tweak that would simply allow judges to consider the relative equities 
of the parties after the tenant demonstrates that the pandemic affected 
their income.  Simply put, we have judges, let them think!  That to me 
would be better than the legislature trying to think up solutions that 
would apply to every situation.

That said I can see why that would not have worked early on because 
courts were not set up for remote hearings.

The legislature could also add provisions that allow mediation to be set 
up and a system for paying for it.

Kary L. Krismer
206 723-2148



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