Tacoma’s new “Landlord Fairness Code” – Landlord Guide (Updated 2024)

To understand this article, it will help if you have a baseline understanding of Washington eviction law, so consider checking out our guide to evicting a tenant in Washington.  The “Landlord Fairness Code” is poorly written and difficult to implement Tacoma’s Landlord Fairness Code was notoriously voted into law via Tacoma ballot initiative no. 1 […]

How a MASSIVE error by Tacoma City Council gave us the “Landlord Fairness Code”

For reasons we don’t understand, official Tacoma news outlets have failed to cover the embarrassing story of how a mistake by the Tacoma City Council led to the passage of Tacoma’s “Landlord Fairness Code.” We explain the story here. What is Tacoma’s “Landlord Fairness Code”? The “Landlord Fairness Code” is a sweeping pro-tenant ordinance that, […]