The work of governing a state comes to a pinnacle every year when the governor signs or vetoes legislation. Nearly 500 bills ...

# 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 ...

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 ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson last week signed into law a bill that sets limits on rent increases, making the state among the ...

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

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

Mark Harmsworth criticizes Washington's new rent control law and warns of long-term damage to the housing market.

From Covid eviction bans to tenant-slanted laws, property owners are under financial siege. Here’s what Trump can do about it ...

Washington joins other states in capping rent hikes as housing costs surge in 2025. Here's what renters need to know.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and as bad as Washington’s housing market presently is, interventions by elected leaders in Olympia — including the rent control measure they passed ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed HB 1217, a new law capping annual rent increases in Washington at either 7% plus ...

The state of Washington now has rent control, after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1217 into law on Thursday.