[WSBARP] Mentally ill tenant damaging property - Moratorium

[Roger Moss]

Joshua,

You describe conduct that is excepted from the moratorium, and I will let my litigator colleagues speculate on your chances of prevailing in a UD in your jurisdiction.

In the meantime, you and your client would be well-served to consider other approaches and resources. The situation you describe calls for interdisciplinary intervention. This can be very effective when guided by a properly experienced professional neutral. The work can start online, though in-person support at your client’s property will likely be required.

As your subject line suggests, your client faces a behavioral health issue more than anything else. Looking at it through the lens of behavioral healthy is essential to obtaining good results.

Roger A. Moss 
Mediation Counsel
Rincon Resolutions LLC
206.790.1971 Seattle
415.371.9724 San Francisco
RinconRes.org

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> On Dec 22, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Josh Grant <jgrant at accima.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a client with a 8 unit apt. building.Tenant has mental problems.  She tore off the door handle because she thought the landlord had left a virus on it.  Tore off the smoke detectors because she thought they were damaging her and threw them out in the hall.  Has called police 20 or 30 times including that the bare wires from where the smoke detectors used to be were shooting out sparks. 
> A neighbor was accosted verbally because she said he had been in her apt. None of the tenants want to go anywhere near that apt.
>  
> Does Governor’s moratorium stopping u.d. cases apply to property damages?
> Joshua F. Grant
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