<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Jennifer, I agree with your objective. The point of approaching cases like Joshua’s “through the lens of behavioral health” is to set things up for a successful negotiation. You can’t do a business deal until engaging with the tenant in a way they can handle.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Today I finished an early lease termination agreement involving a highly escalated tenant who refuses treatment for her illnesses, which include severe bipolar disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. Success was achieved through a collaboration with family members, friends, and a cooperative landlord. I co-mediated with a female mediator who is a psychiatric nurse. The situation required balance in both gender and skills to cnavigate. We started the day after Thanksgiving, initiating an online process that also included a visit by my co-mediator to the tenant’s home. The Landlord got his space back without litigation and the ill woman is moved into a new home with access to social services.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 22, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Jennifer L White <<a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com" class="">jen@appletreelaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hey, rather than the LL going further down the quagmire of this tenant’s mental problems, why doesn’t the LL do the math and offer the tenant some cold hard $$ to leave. You could even sweeten the deal by paying for one month of a storage unit for her stuff and/or paying for a set # of nights at another place, i.e. motel. With the moratorium likely to be extended and all of the other BS that is now required to get them out (and with no prayer of actually getting paid) it may be the less expensive option for the LL in the long run, especially if she runs off other good and paying tenants. She can be someone else’s problem….<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";" class="">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span> <span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01D6D886.466AF400"><image001.jpg></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">jen@appletreelaw.com</span></a><i class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">PO Box 11037<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">Yakima, WA 98909<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">509.225.9813<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:scott@scottgthomaslaw.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">scott@scottgthomaslaw.com</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, December 22, 2020 4:10 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [WSBARP] Mentally ill tenant damaging property - Moratorium<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">RCW 49.60.222 and the federal Fair Housing Act (the Washington Law Against Discrimination is interpreted consistently with the FHA). Consider working with a mental health professional, particularly with regard to requesting a possible accommodation to alleviate the disruptive behavior. The FHA contemplates that most questions concerning reasonable accommodations and modifications will be resolved through good faith bargaining between the housing provider and the tenant. Adam v. Linn-Benton Housing Authority, 147 F.Supp.2d 1044<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">(D.Ore. 2001).<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Roger Moss<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, December 22, 2020 1:55 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [WSBARP] Mentally ill tenant damaging property - Moratorium<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Joshua,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91);" class="">Roger A. Moss </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91);" class="">Mediation Counsel<br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Rincon Resolutions LLC</i></b><br class="">206.790.1971 Seattle</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91);" class="">415.371.9724 San Francisco</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://rinconres.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">RinconRes.org</a><span style="" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(1, 32, 169);" class="">Confidential Correspondence</span></b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(1, 32, 169);" class=""><br class="">The information in this e-mail (including attachments, if any) is considered privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. 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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. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">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.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">Does Governor’s moratorium stopping u.d. cases apply to property damages?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 64, 128);" class="">Joshua F. 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