<div dir="ltr">Paul -<div><br></div><div>There is RCW 59.18.200, but it requires 120 days' notice. It's not usually used for the type of repairs that are immediately needed like your facts seem to indicate. In a case like yours, I usually use either RCW 59.18.650(2)(h), RCW 59.18.650(2)(c) and/or RCW 59.12.030. But this is all very fact specific. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-indent:48px"><b><u>RCW 59.18.650(2)(c)</u> The tenant continues in possession after having received at least three days' advance written notice to quit after he or she commits or permits waste or nuisance upon the premises, unlawful activity that affects the use and enjoyment of the premises, or other substantial or repeated and unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of the premises by the landlord or neighbors of the tenant;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-indent:48px"><u>RCW 59.18.650(2)(h</u>) The tenant continues in possession, after the landlord has provided at least 30 days' advance written notice to vacate that: (i) The premises has been certified or condemned as uninhabitable by a local agency charged with the authority to issue such an order; and (ii) continued habitation of the premises would subject the landlord to civil or criminal penalties. However, if the terms of the local agency's order do not allow the landlord to provide at least 30 days' advance written notice, the landlord must provide as much advance written notice as is possible and still comply with the order;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:5px"><u>RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.200" class="gmail-ui-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,103,77)">59.18.200</a></u></h3></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:5px">Tenancy from month to month or for rental period<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>End of tenancy<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>Armed forces exception<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>Exclusion of children<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>Conversion to condominium<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>Demolition, substantial rehabilitation of the premises<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"times new roman"">—</span>Notice.</h3></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(1)(a) When premises are rented for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent reserved, such tenancy shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month, or from period to period on which rent is payable, and shall end by written notice of 20 days or more, preceding the end of any of the months or periods of tenancy, given by the tenant to the landlord.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(b) Any tenant who is a member of the armed forces, including the national guard and armed forces reserves, or that tenant's spouse or dependent, may end a rental agreement with less than 20 days' written notice if the tenant receives permanent change of station or deployment orders that do not allow a 20-day written notice.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(2)(a) Whenever a landlord plans to change to a policy of excluding children, the landlord shall give a written notice to a tenant at least 90 days before the tenancy ends to effectuate such change in policy. Such 90-day notice shall be in lieu of the notice required by subsection (1) of this section. However, if after giving the 90-day notice the change in policy is delayed, the notice requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall apply unless waived by the tenant.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(b) Whenever a landlord plans to change any apartment or apartments to a condominium form of ownership, the landlord shall provide a written notice to a tenant at least 120 days before the tenancy ends, in compliance with RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.34.440" class="gmail-ui-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,103,77);font-weight:bold;text-decoration-line:none">64.34.440</a>(1), to effectuate such change. The 120-day notice is in lieu of the notice required in subsection (1) of this section. However, if after providing the 120-day notice the change to a condominium form of ownership is delayed, the notice requirements in subsection (1) of this section apply unless waived by the tenant.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(c)(i) Whenever a landlord plans to demolish or substantially rehabilitate premises or plans a change of use of premises, the landlord shall provide a written notice to a tenant at least 120 days before the tenancy ends. This subsection (2)(c)(i) does not apply to jurisdictions that have created a relocation assistance program under RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.440" class="gmail-ui-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,103,77);font-weight:bold;text-decoration-line:none">59.18.440</a> and otherwise provide 120 days' notice.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(ii) For purposes of this subsection (2)(c):</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(A) "Assisted housing development" means a multifamily rental housing development that either receives government assistance and is defined as federally assisted housing in RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.28.020" class="gmail-ui-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,103,77);font-weight:bold;text-decoration-line:none">59.28.020</a>, or that receives other federal, state, or local government assistance and is subject to use restrictions.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(B) "Change of use" means: (I) Conversion of any premises from a residential use to a nonresidential use that results in the displacement of an existing tenant; (II) conversion from one type of residential use to another type of residential use that results in the displacement of an existing tenant, such as conversion to a retirement home, emergency shelter, or transient hotel; or (III) conversion following removal of use restrictions from an assisted housing development that results in the displacement of an existing tenant: PROVIDED, That displacement of an existing tenant in order that the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family may occupy the premises does not constitute a change of use.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(C) "Demolish" means the destruction of premises or the relocation of premises to another site that results in the displacement of an existing tenant.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">(D) "Substantially rehabilitate" means extensive structural repair or extensive remodeling of premises that requires a permit such as a building, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical permit, and that results in the displacement of an existing tenant.</div></div><p class="ri_default_signature"><i>Sent with <a href="https://www.rightinbox.com/?utm_source=signature" style="color:#a0d469">Right Inbox</a></i></p><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 1:18 PM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">UD Gurus, is there a provision for kicking a T out when there has been substantial damage to the premises? Unit floods with 3 inches of water a month ago but NOT caused
by T. T refuses to move or allow insurance company to come in and repair. My thought is that this
<i>may</i> be under RCW 59.18.650(2)(c) when the T “commits or permits waste or nuisance.” Who knows what mold is developing now? The argument is that T is permitting the waste (dry rot, mold) to continue. What say you?
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