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Governor Dingus Inslee should be sued, extended ban and more
You still have to pay for groceries, you still have to pay for gas, but you can live rent free forever apparently under Governor Dingus Inslee. Landlords are not even allowed to enforce the back rent owed in many cases now....I own multiple rental houses throughout King County, bought 1 more earlier this year and was buying 4 more this year but I will absolutely NOT buy more rentals in WA. My plan to accelerate the liquidation of my assets here and relocate out of state is accelerating.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.governor.wa.gov/ne... as provided in this paragraph, landlords, property owners, and property managers are prohibited from treating any unpaid rent or other charges related to a dwelling or parcel of land occupied as a dwelling as an enforceable debt or obligation that is owing or collectable, where such non-payment was as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and occurred on or after February 29, 2020, and during the State of Emergency proclaimed in all counties in Washington State. This includes attempts to collect, or threats to collect, through a collection agency, by filing an unlawful detainer or other judicial action, withholding any portion of a security deposit, billing or invoicing, reporting to credit bureaus, or by any other means. This prohibition does not apply to a landlord, property owner, or property manager who demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence to a court that the resident was offered, and refused or failed to comply with, a re-payment plan that was reasonable based on the individual financial, health, and other circumstances of that resident; failure to provide a reasonable repayment plan shall be a defense to any lawsuit or other attempts to collect.
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Originally posted by @Naomi Pinger:
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/huge-victory-in.../...
Everyone need to read this article. Inslee cannot enforce the mandates because as he admitted in court they are only suggestions. He is suppose to make a public announcement as to this however it has not been done.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE. QUIT BEING SHEEP LEAD TO THE SLAUGHTER. USE THE MASK IF YOU WANT IT IS YOUR CHOICE. READ THE ARTICLE.
Ummmmmm...that article is short on facts, the legal challenge against Inslee was dismissed in District court...in fact all three challenges have been dismissed. Educate yourself before YOU are led to believe nonsense that you read online...
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/article244485917.html
You're telling people to please read and stop being sheep, blindly believing a random article with no facts or evidence that turns out to not be true. Hillarious.... How did he not enforce the proclamations when his goon, the AG, sued a property manager for 350K and won due to eviction notices? https://www.usnews.com/news/be...
Had you bothered to do a quick google search of 10 seconds you would have heard there was no such victory against Inslee. Shake my head...
So far BP has responded with two people, one who posts misinformation the average 7th grader could see through, and another who immediately jumps on the "I'm a realtor I'll help you liquidate your listings and get a fat check for no real effort with my 90 hours of training". Thanks bruh, I sold two of my houses myself and saved the 60+K in commissions. Ironically both are realtors. What a joke. Low barrier to entry profession. I got my real estate license after my MBA and 16 technical certifications to cut out the overpaid middle man who apparently can't tell fact from fiction, lol. What a joke.