Washington Housing Bills

Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters.

Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones.

Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk.

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.

Establishing land banking authorities.

Modifying requirements and allowed uses for certain funding related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services.

Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices.

Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies.

Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities.

Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities.

Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education.

Concerning property tax reform.

Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities.

Increasing regulatory oversight of continuing care retirement communities.

Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.

Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee.

Modifying requirements for service of unlawful detainer notices and other notices served in the same manner.

Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices.

Ensuring nonprofit housing providers qualify for a property tax exemption when the property is temporarily used for certain community purposes other than affordable housing.

Authorizing community scaled weatherization projects.