Seattle to landlords: We'll pick tenants for you
Court fight erupts over city's regulation of rental-unit applications
Published: 13 hours ago
A court fight has erupted over Seattle’s demand that landlord’s offer a rental unit to the “first person†who submits a valid application, in essence telling property owners that the city will pick their tenants because they might be hindered by “unconscious bias.â€
Under Seattle’s “first-in-time†rule, a landlord must offer a rental unit to the “first person who submits an adequate application,†explains Ethan Blevins of the Pacific Legal Foundation, which sued over the Big Brother policy.
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