Sudden rent increase in Ballard may foreshadow a revise to tenant rights. Landlords may soon need to give a more advanced warning when raising their prices.
Resident Bobby Yuen shares that his landlord told him the Ballard rent market is “white hot,” then hiked up his rent by $650.
“[The rent rise] is happening everywhere,” says another resident David Stoesz Resident. “Even in… old buildings.”
Blog Seattlish gave Yuen advice on Twitter: “Check landlord/tenant law to see if it’s legal. [Landlords] can’t raise more than +10% without 60 days notice.” Stoesz adds however that “60 days notice is not much protection.”
Seattlish has a reason to believe that this common concern in high-rent areas will be addressed by city counsel. “Look for a much longer window in the new Tenant’s Bill of Rights being introduced in council soon,” writes Seattlish.
Read the current law on the Tenant Unions’ website.
