SB 5139

Residential rent increases are not allowed under the Washington eviction moratorium. A bill in Olympia if passed into law would ban rent increases for six months after the end of the eviction moratorium.[1] Rent increases for an additional six-month period would be limited to three percentage points above the consumer price index. This is one of several sweeping proposals to change landlord-tenant laws in the wake of the pandemic. _____ [1] http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2021-22/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5139.pdf?q=20210115084249