[WSBARP] King County Ordinance 19118 enacted June 23 - re residential and "small commercial" tenants

[nestor at pplsweb.com]

I am not trying to start trouble, but isn't this a "taking" by the
government without just compensation? Can this be enforced by the courts?

 

I understand the public policy issue, but as far as I know the county has
not put a moratorium on charging or collecting property taxes and for other
county services.  

 

Food for thought.

 

Nestor Gorfinkel

 

 

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Subject: [WSBARP] King County Ordinance 19118 enacted June 23 - re
residential and "small commercial" tenants

 

I haven't seen any talk about this so I thought I would send it around-this
is for unincorporated King County, based on King County ordinance passed on
June 23. It's basically a prohibition on evicting based on failure to pay
rent, effective as to payments missed between March 2020 and March 2021, for
residential and "small commercial" tenants as defined in the ordinance. The
terms seem a little squishy and lots of ambiguities I think. It has a
repayment plan provision, again kind of squishy and arguable.

 

I think I've attached the ordinance as passed but I am not totally positive.
If I got it wrong, apologies.

 

Here's the news release from the County
<https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/news/2020/June/6-23-CB-tenant-protection
s-release.aspx> , which unhelpfully did not include a link to the actual
ordinance.

 

Sincerely,

 

Eric

 

Eric C. Nelsen

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