Under RCW 59.18.650, Spokane landlords ending tenancies for owner move-in, substantial rehabilitation, or rental-market withdrawal must provide tenants with relocation assistance equal to one month's rent.
WA HB 1236 requires landlords using certain just-cause grounds (owner or family move-in, demolition or substantial rehabilitation, or withdrawal from the rental market) to pay tenants relocation assistance equivalent to one month's rent and provide 90 days' written notice. The payment must be made before the tenant vacates or applied to the final month's rent at tenant election. Spokane has not enacted higher city-level relocation amounts of the kind seen in some California cities. Landlords misusing these grounds (e.g., not actually moving in) face statutory penalties.
Failing to pay one month's relocation assistance for qualifying just-cause terminations under RCW 59.18.650 can void the eviction notice and expose the landlord to damages and attorney fees.
Spokane, WA
Spokane landlords must comply with Washington HB 1236 (2021), which requires just cause to terminate any residential tenancy. Sixteen enumerated reasons incl...
Spokane, WA
WA HB 1236 (2021), codified at RCW 59.18.650, eliminated most no-fault month-to-month terminations statewide, requiring Spokane landlords to cite an enumerat...
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