Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill on May 7 restricting rent increases in the state, joining California and Oregon as ...

# I believe a government has obligation to protect tenants and control rents. I believe there is a Rent Control Act in place. However, I believe it needs to be amended to address this new level of ...

to institute rent control. HB 1217, in its final form, restricts rent increases for existing tenants in Washington state to 7% per year plus inflation or 10%, whichever is lower. Rents for new ...

St. Paul exempts post-2004 rentals from rent control, while Minneapolis halted a proposed ordinance last fall.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1217 (HB 1217) into law, establishing statewide residential rent control ...

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday that sets limits ... instead of slowing the homeless crisis. Oregon's rent-control bill was passed in 2019 and later updated ...

The Minnesota city is exempting new construction from the ordinance, as well as rentals built after 2004, a major concession ...

Washington's rent-control bill made it through both houses ... Opponents of the bill warned that developers would leave the state if it became law and argued that similar policies in Oregon ...

In April 2023, a new luxury apartment complex on Alameda’s waterfront, Launch, opened to renters, advertising views of the ...