Governor Dingus Inslee should be sued, extended ban and more

[Jack B.]

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.