Silver v. Rudeen Mgmt. Co., Inc., 197 Wash. 2d 535 (2021)

Citation: Silver v. Rudeen Mgmt. Co., Inc., 197 Wash. 2d 535 (2021)
Parent Document: Silver v. Rudeen Mgmt. Co., Inc., 197 Wash. 2d 535 (2021)
Jurisdiction: Washington (state)
Effective Date: 2021-04-22
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10797891/silver-v-rudeen-mgmt-co-inc/ ↗

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          42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619.
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          UNIF. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD & TENANT ACT (1972), 7B U.L.A. 275 (2018).
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          “In sum, it is hard to perceive of a more thoroughly considered piece of legislation than
the [RLTA].” State v. Schwab, 103 Wn.2d 542, 551, 693 P.2d 108 (1985). See William H. Clarke,
Washington’s Implied Warranty of Habitability: Reform or Illusion?, 14 GONZ. L. REV. 1, 5-12
(1978), for a thorough summary of the passage of the RLTA and the ways in which landlord-tenant
law developed during this period to become more just and more attuned to the realities of modern
rental housing. Once the RLTA left the legislature, the governor exercised his veto power,
attempting to excise some 14 items and sections of the RLTA—mostly in ways that would benefit
tenants, id. at 12—but this court declared all 14 item vetoes invalid, restoring the act to the
language as originally passed. Wash. Ass’n of Apt. Ass’ns v. Evans, 88 Wn.2d 563, 564 P.2d 788
(1977).
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