Opinion ID: 396265
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Implied Warranty of Habitability

Text: 26 The district court may wish to consider whether Washington's warranty of habitability imposes a duty on landlords to install smoke detectors in residential rental dwellings as part of the duty to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing. See Foisy v. Wyman, 515 P.2d 160, 164, 83 Wash.2d 22 (1973) (The value of the lease today ... is that it gives the tenant a place to live, and he expects not just space but a dwelling that protects him from the elements of the environment without subjecting him to health hazards); and see Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 1973, Wash.Rev.Code Chapter 59.18 (dwelling units must be kept fit for human habitation; Washington public policy ensures decent, safe, and sanitary housing).