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Tenant Tip: Financial Fitness Day!
On March 31, 2012 from 10am-2pm, the Seattle-King County Asset Building Collaborative and several community agencies – including Solid Ground – are partnering to provide a day of workshops related to...
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Tenant Tip: Fair Tenant Screening Act passed!
In March 2012, the Fair Tenant Screening Act (Senate Bill 6315) passed in the Washington State Legislature, creating new regulations for how landlords and tenant screening companies can screen...
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Tenant Tip: Rent Smart! Tenant Rights Workshop
Rent Smart Tenant Rights Workshop, 7/24/12, 4-6pm, Beacon Hill Library Want to know more about your rights as a renter? Wondering how to get your deposit back or request a repair? Would you like to...
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Tenant Tip: Rental applications & tenant screening fees
In June 2012, a new law took effect providing additional regulations around the tenant screening process. Our post from 5/30/12, Fair Tenant Screening Act passed!, describes in detail the new...
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Tenant Tip: Coming Soon – Seattle’s Rental Housing Inspection Program
If you live in the City of Seattle, a new ordinance passed on October 1, 2012 which will affect tenants in residential housing. The Rental Housing Inspection Program (RHIP) requires landlords to...
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Tenant Tip: Tenant Rights Workshop in South King County, 11/29/12
Want to know more about your rights as a renter? Wondering how to get your deposit back or request a repair? Would you like to know how the new changes in the laws impact renters? Solid Ground Tenant...
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Tenant Tip: Evictions in Clean & Sober Housing (Part 1)
This Tenant Tip addresses RCW 59.18.550 of the Washington State Residential Landlord Tenant Act (RLTA), clarifying the rights and requirements of tenants living in “drug and alcohol free housing,”...
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Fair Tenant Screening Act Passes in the Senate and Moves to House Judiciary
Solid Ground celebrates a great victory for renters in Washington: On Monday, March 11, 2013, the Washington State Senate moved one step closer to making landlord-tenant laws more fair and just for...
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Tenant Tip: Rent Smart Workshop, 4/2/13
Want to know more about your rights as a renter? Wondering how to get your deposit back or request a repair? Would you like to know how new changes in the laws impact renters? Solid Ground Tenant...
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Tenant Tip: Evictions in Clean & Sober Housing (Part 2)
In Evictions in Clean & Sober Housing (Part 1), we explained some of the requirements and the specific evictions process for tenants living in clean and sober housing in Washington State. Current...
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Tenant Tip: ACLU files lawsuit against tenant screening company
Markeletta Wilson filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring RentGrow and Yardi Systems to end their violations of Washington’s Fair Credit Reporting Act. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)...
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Tenant Tip: New law prevents housing discrimination against survivors of...
Gov. Inslee signs the Fair Tenant Screening Act Thanks to all the stories, phone calls, emails and advocacy from all of you, the second part of the Fair Tenant Screening Act (SSB 5568) was signed into...
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Tenant Tip: Tenants’ Rights Workshops, 7/23 & 24
Next week, Solid Ground Tenant Services is offering two opportunities for renters, housing advocates and service providers in King County to attend a free training about tenants’ rights and...
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Tenant Tip: Public meetings on the use of criminal records in employment
In our 6/24/13 blog post, “Seattle Jobs Assistance Ordinance bans the box,” we wrote about the Jobs Assistance Ordinance that Seattle City Council passed to regulate how conviction and arrest records...
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Tenant Tip: Tenant Rights Workshop in Beacon Hill, 9/24/13
Solid Ground Tenant Services is offering another opportunity for renters, housing advocates and service providers in King County to attend a free training about tenants’ rights and responsibilities as...
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Tenant Tip: Tenant Rights Workshop in Bellevue, 10/21/13
Solid Ground Tenant Services is offering another opportunity for renters, housing advocates and service providers in King County to attend a free training about tenants’ rights and responsibilities as...
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Tenant Tip: Secondhand smoke in apartments
Ninety-two percent of renters in Washington State have indicated that they prefer smoke-free housing. As a response to more landlords choosing to convert their buildings to smoke-free properties, the...
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Tenant Tip: Rent increases on the rise in Washington State
Graph from Seattle Times depicting rent growth in the Seattle-area since 1995, with a 6% increase since last year. Have you received a notice of a rent increase in the last year? If you are renting in...
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Tenant Tip: Concerned about rising rents? Join housing advocates in Seattle...
Join housing advocates for a meeting with your legislators to let them know how rent increases are impacting you, your family and your community. WHEN? Thursday, December 19, 2013, 6:30pm WHY? Not only...
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CANCELLED: Tenant Rights Workshop in Wallingford, 1/30/14
We apologize for the late notice, but we’ve had to cancel this workshop due to staff schedules. We hope to reschedule within the next couple of weeks and will post here when we have a new date. RENT...
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