Rent gouging is illegal: Learn about new laws that protect renters and manufactured homeowners
With the passage of HB 1217, many renters and manufactured homeowners in Washington are now protected from rent gouging. Want to learn more? Join the Housing Alliance for two training sessions that will go deep into the ins and outs of the new law.
Lawyers will discuss who is covered, additional protections included in HB 1217, and how to enforce your new rights. These trainings are free and open to renters, manufactured homeowners, service providers, and advocates. Both sessions will have simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.
Please register in advance:
Rent stabilization passes on final day, and goes to the Governor next
On the last day of session -- sine die -- the House and Senate both passed the final version of the rent stabilization bill! While not everything we wanted, this will provide predictability and protection from rent gouging for tenants all across Washington. Passage of this bill represents an important step forward, toward housing justice, and gives us a strong foundation to further improve tenant protections in the future.
Our friend, Nancy Amidei

Dear friends and colleagues,
With love, laughter, and a shared determination to carry her work forward, we remember our friend, teacher, and mentor Nancy Amidei, who died earlier this month at her home.
Advocates for affordable housing implore lawmakers to rethink compromise on rent stabilization
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 25, 2025
Contact: Kristin Hyde, 206-491-0773, kristin@powerhouse-strategic.com
Advocates for affordable housing implore lawmakers to rethink compromise on rent stabilization
Honoring the legacy of Frank Chopp
With great sadness, the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance joins so many across our state in mourning the passing of Frank Chopp. Frank was a fierce and tireless advocate for low-income people, those experiencing homelessness, and the basic human right to safe, stable, and affordable housing. His impact on our movement and on our state is immeasurable, and his loss is felt deeply by all of us who continue the fight for housing justice.
New Poll Finds Supermajority of Registered Voters Support Policy to Stop Rent Gouging
Survey Finds Excessive Rent Increases Are Top Concern of Renters and Homeowners Alike
Seattle Times letter to the editor gets it right
Take a moment to read the letter to the editor by Kishanee Haththotuwegama, a WSU medical student from Spokane, published on January 10 in The Seattle Times:
"We urgently need more shelter space. But we must also address homelessness' root causes: soaring rent prices, wage stagnation and eroded social safety nets, to name a few. Policies like rent stabilization would protect renters who may face housing instability."
Bill aims to stop rent gouging in Washington state, provide housing stability to renters and manufactured homeowners statewide
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 10th, 2025
Contact: Kristin Hyde, 206-491-0773 kristin@powerhouse-strategic.com
Bill aims to stop rent gouging in Washington state, provide housing stability to renters and manufactured homeowners statewide
Olympia, WA – Today at a news briefing, legislative sponsors of a measure to limit excessive rent increases across Washington state joined affordable housing advocates, impacted renters and landlords to talk about the policy.