Indigo Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Wadsworth, 169 Wash. App. 412 (2012)

Citation: Indigo Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Wadsworth, 169 Wash. App. 412 (2012)
Parent Document: Indigo Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Wadsworth, 169 Wash. App. 412 (2012)
Jurisdiction: Washington (state)
Effective Date: 2012-07-09
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4951771/indigo-real-estate-services-inc... ↗

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Dwyer, J.
¶1 Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) “section *4148” program, a landlord may not terminate the tenancy of a section 8 tenant during the term of the lease without good cause for doing so. The protections afforded such tenants are fully applicable when a landlord seeks to terminate the tenancy by way of our state’s unlawful detainer statute, chapter 59.12 RCW — having accepted the substantial financial benefits of the federal section 8 program, the landlord is bound to comply with this program’s rules and regulations in any such action. Accordingly, a section 8 tenant may not be found to have unlawfully detained the premises absent a determination that the tenant’s conduct resulted in good cause to terminate the tenancy.

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