In September of 2018, the King Country Housing Justice Project and the Seattle Women’s Commission released a report they conducted of filed unlawful detainer actions in the City of Seattle in 2017.
In a noble but misguided effort to combat racial discrimination, the City of Seattle passed a series of ordinances forbidding local landlords from choosing their own tenants: A “first in time” ordinance requires landlords to rent to the first financially-qualified tenant who applies. And the “Fair Chance Housing Ordinance” forbids landlords from considering applicants’ criminal…