Eviction cases are spiking. How tenants and housing providers are dealing with the backlog
Podcast |
Soundside
Publisher |
KUOW
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Jun 17, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:19:33

It’s been a tumultuous few years for rental laws in Washington state. 

When the pandemic caused widespread job and income losses, state, county, and city governments passed a series of protections to keep tenants housed. That included funds for back-paying rent and moratoriums on evictions. 

But many of those protections have ended, and over the last year, eviction cases have spiked in the state. In King County’s court system specifically, that massive demand is leading to delays ranging from six months to a year. 

Some see this bottleneck as a frustrating bureaucratic mess; but others see it as growing pains in a system that's shifting from favoring landlords to more equally representing tenants. 

Soundside host Libby Denkmann spoke with Philippe Knab from the Office of Civil Legal Aid and Sean Flynn of the Rental Housing Association of Washington.

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