59.28.010 – Legislative findings—Purpose.
RCW 59.28.010 Legislative findings—Purpose. The legislature finds that: (1) There is a severe shortage of federally assisted housing within the state of Washington. Over one hundred seventy thousand low and moderate-income households are eligible for federally assisted housing but are unable to locate vacant units. (2) Within the next twenty years, more than twenty-six thousand […]
59.28.020 – Definitions.
RCW 59.28.020 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Federally assisted housing” means any multifamily housing that is insured, financed, assisted, or held by the secretary of housing and urban development or the secretary of agriculture under: (a) Section 8 of the United States housing […]
59.28.030 – Contracts—Expiration or termination—Notice—Applicability.
RCW 59.28.030 Contracts—Expiration or termination—Notice—Applicability. (1) This chapter shall not apply to the expiration or termination of a housing assistance contract between a public housing agency and an owner of existing housing participating in either the section 8 certificate or voucher program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f). (2) An owner of federally assisted housing shall not […]
59.28.040 – Notice of expiration or prepayment—Owner’s duty.
RCW 59.28.040 Notice of expiration or prepayment—Owner’s duty. Except as provided in RCW 59.28.030, all owners of federally assisted housing shall, at least twelve months before the expiration of the rental assistance contract or prepayment of a mortgage or loan, serve a written notice of the anticipated expiration or prepayment date on each tenant household […]
59.28.050 – Owner’s rights—Public regulatory powers—Applicability.
RCW 59.28.050 Owner’s rights—Public regulatory powers—Applicability. This chapter shall not in any way prohibit an owner of federally assisted housing from terminating a rental assistance contract or prepaying a mortgage or loan. The requirement in this chapter for notice shall not be construed as conferring any new or additional regulatory power upon the city or […]
59.28.060 – Notice of expiration or prepayment—Contents—Location—Requests for information.
RCW 59.28.060 Notice of expiration or prepayment—Contents—Location—Requests for information. (1) The notice to tenants required by RCW 59.28.040 shall state: (a) Whether the owner (i) intends to prepay the mortgage or loan or allow the rental assistance contract to expire in order to operate the housing without any low-income use restrictions, (ii) plans on renewing […]
59.22.038 – Eligibility for loans—Amount of loans—Determining factors.
RCW 59.22.038 Eligibility for loans—Amount of loans—Determining factors. The department shall consider the following factors in determining the eligibility for, and the amount, of loans made under this chapter: (1) The reasonableness of the conversion costs relating to repairs, rehabilitation, construction, or other costs; (2) The number of available and affordable mobile home park spaces […]
59.22.039 – Technical assistance for mobile home park conversion.
RCW 59.22.039 Technical assistance for mobile home park conversion. The department may provide technical assistance to resident organizations who wish to convert the mobile home park in which they reside to resident ownership. Technical assistance does not include details connected with the sale or conversion of a mobile home park which would require the department […]
59.22.050 – Office of mobile/manufactured home relocation assistance—Duties.
RCW 59.22.050 Office of mobile/manufactured home relocation assistance—Duties. In order to provide general assistance to resident organizations, qualified tenant organizations, and tenants, the department shall establish an office of mobile/manufactured home relocation assistance. This office shall: (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, provide, either directly or through contracted services, […]
59.22.901 – Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
RCW 59.22.901 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]