Protect families from homelessness & displacement

The bill to keep families in their homes in Washington state is in jeopardy. Last week, damaging amendments were added to rent stabilization House Bill 1217 on the Senate floor, including one that would have allowed rent increases of up 18.9%.

These amendments are not acceptable and must be rejected when the Senate and House members meet to align their versions of the bill. Join us to urge your lawmakers to correct these harmful amendments and pass a bill that truly stabilizes Washington families!

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Subject: Remove bad Senate floor amendments from HB 1217

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I want you to know how disappointed I am with the way House Bill 1217 was voted out of the Senate. I am writing to urge you to do all you can to fight for a protective bill that does not include the bad Senate floor amendments.

I want the final bill to allow no more than a 7% yearly increase for renters and 5% for manufactured homeowners, and I do not want it to exempt renters living in single-family homes.

Sadly, if the bill was signed into law as passed off the Senate floor, it would not protect our community. Instead, it would fuel displacement, evictions, homelessness, and gentrification.

A 10% plus CPI rent increase would have been 13.4% in 2024, 14.6% in 2023, 18.9% in 2022. Also, Inflation is primarily driven by housing costs – allowing a CPI factor on top of a harmful 10% increase doubles down to hurt renters when they most need support. Conversely, the primary costs for landlords are fixed and untouched by inflation. Allowing landlords to increase rents by this level is unacceptable and is bad public policy. Lastly, the amendment does not even specify which CPI index is to be used, leaving landlords to pick the one most beneficial to them.

Exempting renters in single-family homes could remove protection from 38% of renter households and would disproportionately harm families. Families often seek to rent single-family homes because multifamily housing often lacks enough bedrooms for growing families and yards for children to play in. This amendment needs to be fully rejected in the final bill.

Please fight for the renters in our state by demanding a final bill with a yearly increase of no more than 7% for renters and 5% for manufactured homeowners, and that does not exempt renters living in single-family homes. I hope you will do all you can to get the bill fixed and a solution passed that will truly stabilize our community.

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