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Seattle to landlords: We'll pick tenants for you
« on: December 23, 2017, 01:46:56 pm »
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.”

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.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/seattle-to-landlords-well-pick-tenants-for-you/#S6zP7GA0o4R7c54G.99