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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2022
City of Kenmore Communications
communications@kenmorewa.gov
425-398-8900
Kenmore, WA - On March 28, 2022 the Kenmore City Council adopted Ordinance 22-0545 providing new City of Kenmore residential tenant protections. The new regulations are effective April 7, 2022.
Over the past several years, rents in Kenmore and King County have increased and vacancies for affordable rental housing are at low levels, making it difficult for tenants, especially those with low incomes, to locate affordable rental housing. The Regional Affordable Housing Task Force Final Report includes a regional plan with goals, strategies, and a five-year action plan to address the affordable housing crisis, and Goal 4 of the action plan is to “[p]reserve access to affordable homes for renters by supporting tenant protections to increase housing stability and reduce risk of homelessness”. Several other cities, such as Seattle, Auburn, Burien, Kent, Tukwila, Federal Way, and Unincorporated King County have adopted tenant protections.
In summary, the new Kenmore residential tenant protection regulations provide:
1. A rental agreement must include a provision of 120 days’ notice if a rent increase is more than 3% and 180 days if a rent increase is more than 10%;
2. All move in fees and security deposits charged by a landlord before a tenant takes possession of a dwelling unit shall not exceed one month’s rent;
3. Right to payment plan for move in fees and security deposits in six monthly installments for a lease greater than six months and two monthly installments for a lease lasting few than six months;
4. Late fees or costs due to nonpayment of rent charged to a tenant shall not exceed 1.5% of the tenant’s monthly rent;
5. A rent due date may be altered if the tenant can demonstrate that the primary source of income is a regular, monthly source of governmental assistance that is not received until after the date rent is due in the rental agreement;
6. A landlord shall not require a social security number for the purposes of screening a prospective tenant, as allowed under RCW 59.18.257. A landlord may request a social security number and screen prospective tenants.
View Ordinance 22-0545.
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