Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday that sets limits on rent increases, making the state among the first in the nation to provide protections for tenants.. The rent ...

(AP) — Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday that sets limits on rent increases, making the state among the first in the nation to provide protections for tenants.

No ruling has been made regarding a lawsuit against the city of Tacoma, Wash. , for its voter-approved tenants’ rights law ...

The new law caps rent increases in a year at 7%-plus-inflation ... A 1981 state law prohibits cities from instituting their own rent control measures, ... Other effects of WA rent stabilization law.

This law makes Washington the third state to implement statewide rent control policies, along with Oregon and California. Most provisions in HB 1217 expire after 15 years on July 1, 2040.

Washington D.C. Rent Control Laws “Washington, D.C., is one of the most aggressive cities for rent control,” says Darren Nix, CEO of Steadily Insurance Company in Austin, Texas.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (KPTV) - The state of Washington now has rent control, after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1217 into law on Thursday. The law took effect immediately.

Oregon passed a rent-control bill in 2019 and lawmakers updated the measure to cap rent increases at either 7% plus the annual 12-month average change in the consumer price index for the U.S. West ...

Whether it’s New York City’s failed rent control laws, Nixon’s 1970s price ceilings or Venezuela’s economic collapse, the results are always the same: fewer goods, higher prices and worse ...

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday that sets limits on rent increases, making the state among the first in the nation to provide protections for tenants. The rent ...