Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 22.206.160(C)(1)(e). Clerk's Papers (CP) at 1, 2, 14.
In accordance with that provision, the notice stated Landlords were terminating the
tenancy because "[Landlords] seek to possess the Property so that at least one
immediate family member (or, in the alternative, one of us) may occupy the [Seattle]
Property as a principal residence." Id. at 22. Landlords subsequently clarified that
Faciszewski's parents would be moving into the house so that Faciszewski could care
for his ailing father. Id. at 45-46; VTP (Aug. 12, 2014) at 3. Following his father's
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death, Faciszewski inclicated that only his mother planned to move into the house. CP
at46.
Because of an earlier dispute, Tenants believed that Landlords' stated reason was
a pretext. Id. 1 Tenants thus began researching Faciszewski's parents on the Internet.
Tenants learned the following facts regarding Faciszewski's mother: (1) she owned a
home in Colorado that was not listed for sale or for rent, id. at 46, 82-83; (2) she was
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scheduled to teach a class at a Colorado center in the fall, id. at 46, 72-73; (3) she
volunteered at a Colorado hospital for many years and continued to do so, id. at 80-81;
and (4) she had not informed the center or the hospital of any plans to move, id. at 46,
80-81. Citing this information, Tenants complained to the City, and in response
Landlords filed with the City a certification of intent to carry out the stated reason.
Because the certification provided that "[Faciszewsld] or/and ... his mother" would
occupy the property, id. at 77 (emphasis added), Tenants continued to believe