reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WA Rev Code § 59.22.032 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|59.22.032 - Loans for mobile home park conversion costs—Resident eligibility—Flexible repayment terms.

RCW 59.22.032 Loans for mobile home park conversion costs—Resident eligibility—Flexible repayment terms.(1) The department may make loans to resident organizations for the purpose of financing mobile home park conversion costs. The department may only make loans to resident organizations of mobile home parks where a significant portion of the residents are low-income or infirm.(2) The department may make loans to low-income residents of mobile home parks converted to resident ownership or which plan to convert to resident ownership. The purpose of providing loans under this subsection is to reduce the monthly housing costs for low-income residents to an affordable level. The department may establish flexible repayment terms for loans provided under this subsection if the terms are necessary to reduce the monthly housing costs for low-income residents to an affordable level, and do not represent an unacceptable risk. Flexible repayment terms may include, but are not limited to, graduated payment schedules with negative amortization.[ 2012 c 198 § 18; 1993 c 66 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 198: See note following RCW 70A.15.5110.
WA Rev Code § 59.22.034 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|59.22.034 - Loan duration—Rate of interest—Security—Administration of loan.

RCW 59.22.034 Loan duration—Rate of interest—Security—Administration of loan.(1) Any loans granted under RCW 59.22.032 shall be for a term of no more than thirty years.(2) The department shall establish the rate of interest to be paid on loans.(3) The department shall obtain security for loans made under this chapter. The security may be in the form of a note, deed of trust, assignment of lease, or other form of security on real or personal property which the department determines is adequate to protect the interests of the state. To the extent applicable, the documents evidencing the security shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the mobile home park is located.(4) The department may contract with private lenders, nonprofit organizations, or units of local government to provide program administration and to service loans made under this chapter.[ 2012 c 198 § 19; 1993 c 66 § 11.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 198: See note following RCW 70A.15.5110.
WA Rev Code § 59.22.036 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|59.22.036 - Requirements for financing approval—Department's duties.

RCW 59.22.036 Requirements for financing approval—Department's duties.Before providing financing under this chapter, the department shall require:(1) Verification that at least two-thirds of the households residing in the mobile home park support the plan for acquisition and conversion of the park;(2) Verification that either no park residents will be involuntarily displaced as a result of the park conversion, or the impacts of displacement will be mitigated so as not to impose a hardship on the displaced resident;(3) Projected costs and sources of funds for conversion activities;(4) A projected operating budget for the park during and after conversion; and(5) A management plan for the conversion and operation of the park.[ 1993 c 66 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 59.22.038 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|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 in the general area;(3) The adequacy of the management plan for the conversion and operation of the park; and(4) Other factors established by the department by rule.[ 1993 c 66 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 59.22.039 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|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 to act in a representative capacity, or the drafting of documents affecting legal or property rights of the parties by the department.[ 1993 c 66 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 59.22.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|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, technical assistance to qualified tenant organizations as defined in RCW 59.20.030 and resident organizations or persons in the process of forming a resident organization pursuant to this chapter. The office will keep records of its activities in this area.(2) Administer the mobile home relocation assistance program established in chapter 59.21 RCW, including verifying the eligibility of tenants for relocation assistance.[ 2011 c 158 § 2; 2008 c 116 § 6; 2007 c 432 § 9; 1991 c 327 § 3; (2005 c 429 § 9 expired December 31, 2005); 1989 c 294 § 1; 1988 c 280 § 2.]NOTES:Transfer of residual funds to manufactured home installation training account—2011 c 158: See note following RCW 43.22A.100.Findings—Intent—Severability—2008 c 116: See notes following RCW 59.20.300.Registration assessments—2005 c 429: "Any amount assessed under section 7(2), chapter 429, Laws of 2005 that remains uncollected on December 31, 2005, shall be collected under the terms of section 7, chapter 429, Laws of 2005 as it existed before December 31, 2005." [ 2005 c 429 § 10.]Effective date—2005 c 429: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 13, 2005]." [ 2005 c 429 § 11.]Expiration date—2005 c 429: "Except for sections 10 and 13 of this act, this act expires December 31, 2005." [ 2005 c 429 § 12.]Registration assessments—2005 c 429: "Beginning in January 2006, the state treasurer shall transfer any funds remaining in the manufactured/mobile home investigations account under section 8, chapter 429, Laws of 2005 to the mobile home affairs account under RCW 59.22.070 for the purposes under RCW 59.22.050. All funds collected by the department under section 10, chapter 429, Laws of 2005 shall be transferred to the state treasurer for deposit into the mobile home affairs account." [ 2005 c 429 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 59.22.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.22 - Office of Mobile/manufactured Home Relocation Assistance—Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks.|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 and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 142.]
WA Rev Code § 59.24.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.010 - Legislative findings.

RCW 59.24.010 Legislative findings.The legislature finds that one of the most difficult problems that temporarily homeless persons or families face in seeking permanent housing is the necessity of paying a security deposit in addition to paying the first month's rent. The security deposit requirement is often impossible for the temporarily homeless person or family to meet because their savings are depleted due, for example, to purchasing temporary shelter in a motel when space at an emergency shelter was not available. A program to guarantee the security deposit for the temporarily homeless person or family will help the poor in this state achieve adequate permanent shelter.[ 1988 c 237 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 59.24.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.020 - Program established—Grants—Eligible participants.

RCW 59.24.020 Program established—Grants—Eligible participants.(1) The *department of community, trade, and economic development shall establish the rental security deposit guarantee program. Through this program the *department of community, trade, and economic development shall provide grants and technical assistance to local governments or nonprofit corporations, including local housing authorities as defined in RCW 35.82.030, who operate emergency housing shelters or transitional housing programs. The grants are to be used for the payment of residential rental security deposits under this chapter. The technical assistance is to help the local government or nonprofit corporation apply for grants and carry out the program. In order to be eligible for grants under this program, the recipient local government or nonprofit corporation shall provide fifteen percent of the total amount needed for the security deposit. The security deposit may include last month's rent where such rent is required as a normal practice by the landlord.(2) The grants and matching funds shall be placed by the recipient local government or nonprofit corporation in a revolving loan fund and deposited in a bank or savings institution in an account that is separate from all other funds of the recipient. The funds and interest earned on these funds shall be utilized only as collateral to guarantee the payment of a security deposit required by a residential rental property owner as a condition for entering into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant.(3) Prospective tenants who are eligible to participate in the rental security deposit guarantee program shall be limited to homeless persons or families who are residing in an emergency shelter or transitional housing operated by a local government or a nonprofit corporation, or to families who are temporarily residing in a park, car, or are otherwise without adequate shelter. The local government or nonprofit corporation shall make a determination regarding the person's or family's eligibility to participate in this program and a determination that a local rental unit is available for occupation. A determination of eligibility shall include, but is not limited to: (a) A determination that the person or family is homeless or is in transitional housing; (b) a verification of income and that the person or family can reasonably make the monthly rental payment; and (c) a determination that the person or family does not have the financial resources to make the rental security deposit.[ 1995 c 399 § 157; 1988 c 237 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
WA Rev Code § 59.24.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.030 - Contracts required—Terms.

RCW 59.24.030 Contracts required—Terms.(1) A three-party contract shall be required of persons participating in the rental deposit guarantee program. The parties to the contract shall be the local government or nonprofit corporation operating a shelter for homeless persons or transitional housing, the tenant, and the rental property owner. The terms of the contract shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) The owner of the rental property shall agree to allow the security deposit to be paid by the tenant over a specified number of months as an addition to the regular rental payment, rather than as a lump sum payment.(b) Upon execution of the agreement, the local government or nonprofit corporation shall encumber or reserve funds in a special fund created under RCW 59.24.020, as a guarantee of the contract, an amount no less than eighty percent of the outstanding balance of the security deposit owed by the tenant to the landlord.(c) The tenant shall agree to a payment schedule of a specified number of months in which time the total amount of the required deposit shall be paid to the property owner.(d) At any time during the operation of the guarantee, the property owner shall make all claims first against amounts of the security deposit actually paid by the tenant and secondly against the guarantee. At no time during or after the tenancy may the property owner make claims against the guarantee in excess of that amount agreed to as the guarantee.(e) If a deduction from the guarantee fund is required, it may be accomplished only to the extent permitted by the contract and in the manner provided by law, including notice to the legal agency or organization. The tenant shall have no direct use of guarantee funds, including funds which may be referred to as "last month's rent."(2) The department shall make available to local governments and nonprofit corporations receiving grants under this chapter the forms deemed necessary for the contracts and the determination of eligibility. Local governments and nonprofit corporations may develop and use their own forms as long as the forms meet the requirements specified in this chapter.[ 1988 c 237 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 59.24.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.040 - Authority of grant recipients.

RCW 59.24.040 Authority of grant recipients.A local government or nonprofit corporation receiving a grant under this chapter may utilize a portion of the allocation for costs of administering and operating its rental security deposit guarantee program. The department shall approve the amount so utilized prior to expenditure, and the amount may not exceed five percent of the allocation. The staff of the grant recipient shall be responsible for soliciting housing opportunities for low-income homeless persons, coordinating with local low-income rental property owners, making determinations regarding the eligibility of prospective tenants for the program, and providing information to prospective tenants on the tenant-property owner relationship, appropriate treatment of property, and the importance of timely rental payments. The staff of the grant recipient assigned to administer the program shall be reasonably available to property owners and tenants to answer questions or complaints about the program.[ 1988 c 237 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 59.24.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.050 - Rules.

RCW 59.24.050 Rules.The *department of community, trade, and economic development may adopt rules to implement this chapter, including but not limited to: (1) The eligibility of and the application process for local governments and nonprofit corporations; (2) the criteria by which grants and technical assistance shall be provided to local governments and nonprofit corporations; and (3) the criteria local governments and nonprofit corporations shall use in entering into contracts with tenants and rental property owners.[ 1995 c 399 § 158; 1988 c 237 § 5.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
WA Rev Code § 59.24.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.24 - Rental Security Deposit Guarantee Program.|59.24.060 - Sources of funds.

RCW 59.24.060 Sources of funds.The *department of community, trade, and economic development may receive such gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources, as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, to be used by the *department of community, trade, and economic development for its programs, including the rental security deposit guarantee program. Funds from the housing trust fund, chapter 43.185 RCW, up to one hundred thousand dollars, may be used for the rental security deposit guarantee program by the *department of community, trade, and economic development, local governments, and nonprofit organizations, provided all the requirements of this chapter and chapter 43.185 RCW are met.[ 1995 c 399 § 159; 1988 c 237 § 6.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
WA Rev Code § 59.28.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.28 - Federally Assisted Housing.|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 existing low-income housing units may be lost as a result of the prepayment of mortgages or loans by the owners, or as a result of the expiration of rental assistance contracts. Over three thousand units of federally assisted housing have already been lost and an additional nine thousand units may be lost within the next two and one-half years.(3) Recent reductions in federal housing assistance and tax benefits related to low-income housing make it uncertain whether additional units of federally assisted housing will be built or that those lost will be replaced.(4) The loss of federally assisted housing will adversely affect current tenants and lead to their displacement. It will also drastically reduce the supply of affordable housing in our communities.It is the purpose of this chapter to preserve federally assisted housing in the state of Washington and to minimize the involuntary displacement of tenants currently residing in such housing.[ 1989 c 188 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 59.28.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.28 - Federally Assisted Housing.|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 act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f);(b) Section 101 of the housing and urban development act of 1965, as amended (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1701s);(c) The following sections of the national housing act:(i) Section 202 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1701q);(ii) Section 213 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715e);(iii) Section 221(d) (3) and (4) (12 U.S.C. Sec. 17151(d) (3) and (4));(iv) Section 223(f) (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715n(f));(v) Section 231 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715v); or(vi) Section 236 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715z-1); and(d) The following sections of the housing act of 1949, as amended:(i) Section 514 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1484);(ii) Section 515 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1485);(iii) Section 516 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1486);(iv) Section 521(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1490a(a)(1)); or(v) Section 521(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1490a(a)(2)).(2) "Rental agreement" means any agreement that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, regulations, or any other provision concerning the use and occupancy of a federally assisted housing unit.(3) "Owner" means the current or subsequent owner or owners of federally assisted housing.(4) "Low-income use restrictions" means any federal, state, or local statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or contract which, as a condition of receipt of any federal, state, or local financial assistance, establishes maximum limitations on tenant income as a condition of eligibility for occupancy of the units within a development, imposes any restrictions on the maximum rents that could be charged for any of the units within a development, or requires that rent for any of the units within a development be reviewed by any governmental body or agency before the rents are implemented.(5) "Prepayment" means the payment in full or refinancing of the federally insured or federally held mortgage or loan prior to its original maturity date, or the voluntary cancellation of mortgage insurance, if that would have the effect of terminating any low-income use restrictions.(6) "Public housing agency" means any state or local agency or nonprofit entity that is authorized to administer tenant-based rental assistance under federal, state, or local law.[ 2000 c 255 § 1; 1989 c 188 § 2.]