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   requirement, not uncommon at apartment buildings, stems from tenant   
   behavior and from the fact that the landlord has hired armed security   
   guards to patrol the building. The presence of armed guards makes a call   
   “more concerning for us, so we have to add more officers,” sometimes   
   delaying response times, said Detective Patrick Michaud.   
      
   Facing rising costs and declining rent revenue, the complaint said,   
   Goodman has defaulted on the mortgage and the property is now “unsaleable.”   
      
   “Each one of these ordinances would have been problematic on its own,   
   but their combined effects have destroyed (Goodman’s) ability to   
   sustainably operate the Addison, to manage the living environment, and   
   to uphold the tenants’ rights to the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of   
   their residences,” the complaint said.   
      
   Sean Flynn, executive director of the Rental Housing Association, which   
   represents landlords, called the situation “a great example of why we   
   need change.”   
      
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   Others defended the tenant protections.   
      
   Katie Wilson, general secretary of the Transit Riders Union, which   
   advocates for tenant protections across the region, argued Seattle is   
   not alone in putting similar regulations on the books because they’re   
   important for tenants.   
      
   “There are really strong policy reasons for all of these laws for   
   protecting renters from discrimination, for making it possible to live   
   with your family, to make sure that you have a cushion if you get a very   
   large rent increase,” Wilson said.   
      
   While the financial hurdles facing affordable housing providers are   
   serious, “we need to find a way to support people better,” Wilson said,   
   calling for more behavioral health services. “If our best answer is   
   eviction, we’re really failing.”   
      
   The tenant protections in question include Seattle’s “Fair Chance   
   Housing” ordinance, a rule landlords have challenged repeatedly.   
   Co-sponsored by Mayor Bruce Harrell, then a council member, the   
   ordinance aims to help people with past arrests or convictions find housing.   
      
   After landlords sued in 2018 to try to block the law, a federal appeals   
   court ruled last year that landlords can ask about criminal history but   
   cannot take “adverse action,” such as refusing to rent to tenants, based   
   on that history. The city’s Office for Civil Rights now advises   
   landlords they can run criminal background checks and ask prospective   
   tenants about criminal history but they can’t require applicants to   
   answer and can’t categorically refuse to rent to people with criminal   
   histories.   
      
   Landlords may still refuse to rent to people on a sex offender registry   
   in some cases. The law does not apply in cases when a landlord is   
   renting a room or accessory dwelling unit in the single-family home they   
   also live in. Appeals in that case are still ongoing.   
      
   Heidi Groover: 206-464-8273 or hgroover@seattletimes.com.   
      
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