Preemptive hikes
In late May, residents of Olympic Village Mobile Home park in Port Townsend received notices from their management company, Park Manager LLC, that an announced 34% rental increase “complied with the laws in effect at the time, and … therefore the implementation of a legal rent increase does not violate the new laws.”
(The notice also acknowledged the issue would likely go to court, so the owner would be offering tenants a monthly “credit” to bring the increase down to 5% until there was more legal clarity.)
Leigh Christianson, a tenant of Olympic Village, tensed at the idea of a 34% rent increase. She and her neighbors had
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