Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 850318.pdf

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evicting the Knights, it had only given them three days’ notice.3

The Housing Authority now appeals.4

II

The superior court commissioner herein dismissed the Housing Authority’s

unlawful detainer action in reliance on our opinion in Pinzon. However, because

that opinion did not resolve the matter presented herein, such reliance was

misplaced.

In the Pinzon opinion, we summarized that,

[t]he federal CARES Act, enacted by Congress in response to the
economic disruption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic,
provides protections for tenants living in housing units owned by
landlords that have received the financial benefits of certain federal

3 The Housing Authority did not dispute that the Knights’ rental unit was a dwelling

covered by the CARES Act.
4 The King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project requested to participate in

this appeal as an amicus curiae. A commissioner of this court approved its request. The
Housing Justice Project’s suggestions discussed herein are not treated as assertions by a party
to this appeal but, rather, as thoughtful contributions intended to aid us in our deliberations.
The Housing Justice Project also requests to intervene in this matter. Because its
interest is insufficient to justify intervention, we deny its request. Sutton v. Hirvonen, 113 Wn.2d
1, 8, 775 P.2d 448 (1989) (citing CR 24(a); RAP 1.2(a); RAP 18.8(a)).

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No. 85031-8-I/3