Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty Images) A cap on annual residential rent increases in Washington state is closer than ever to becoming law. But major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Washington, landlords who violated the state's new rent cap law faced fines of $2,000 each, with over 250 tenants spared from ...

Scenario 1: You and your spouse and two children pay monthly rent for a three-bedroom residence of $2,438 a month, which happens to be the state average. Your landlord has notified you that — in ...

Washington’s cap on yearly rent increases is just over a month old, but implementing the law is already sowing confusion for both tenants and landlords. The law caps increases at 7% of a person’s rent ...

Washington renters, take note: If your landlord raises your rent in 2026, that increase could be legally capped at just below 10%. The state on Friday announced that, based on recent inflation data, ...

Once-failed efforts to expand special education funding and cap rent increases found success in the recently concluded state legislative session and support from the 24th District’s three lawmakers.

It’s one of the most divisive issues in the state – the proposed Providence 4%-a-year cap on rent hikes. The City Council passed it, the mayor vetoed it and now there’s a push to override him. Both ...

THE COURTROOM. WELL, TODAY, CALIFORNIA RENTERS SAY THEY WILL GATHER TO DEMAND PERMANENT RENT CAP THAT COULD HELP MORE PEOPLE AVOID EVICTIONS. AND TOMORROW, THE LEGISLATURE IS GETTING READY TO MAKE ...

A petition to keep rent stabilization and tenant protections in Salinas has secured enough signatures to take the issue to voters in a referendum. “We want to thank the community, including all the ...

A cap on annual residential rent increases in Washington state is closer than ever to becoming law. But major changes made in the Senate on Thursday have set up a clash with their Democratic ...