Housing Authorities Law
Washington · Cities and Towns · §§ 35.82.010 to 35.82.910 · 39 sections
Overview
This act authorizes local and regional public bodies to create housing authorities and sets out how they come into being and operate — the resolution of necessity and supporting factual findings required to activate one, including determinations about unsafe or insanitary conditions and the housing needs of persons of low income, together with the appointment, terms, officers, compensation, and conflict-of-interest duties of its commissioners and its treatment of bonds and real property, which is exempted from execution, judgment liens, and similar process. It also governs the landlord–tenant side of public housing, specifying the conditions under which a tenant may be required to vacate and a termination procedure built on written notice with prescribed contents and service, competing affidavits from the tenant and the housing authority or landlord, and a determination by a local judicial officer. A tenant may obtain judicial review and appeal, may retain the premises pending review on stated conditions, and may be returned to public housing, and an action for damages remains available alongside these remedies.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 70 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 123 Wash. 2d 819 - King County Fire Protection District No. 16 v. Housing Authority
Sections covered
- RCW 35.82.010Finding and declaration of necessity.14 cites
- RCW 35.82.020Definitions.5 cites
- RCW 35.82.030Creation of housing authorities.8 cites
- RCW 35.82.040Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners.3 cites
- RCW 35.82.045Cities with a population of four hundred thousand or more—Appointment of additional commissioners—Appointment, compensation of commissioners—Organization of authority.
- RCW 35.82.050Conflicts of interest for commissioners, employees, and appointees.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.060Removal of commissioners.2 cites
- RCW 35.82.070Powers of authority.11 cites
- RCW 35.82.076Small works roster.
- RCW 35.82.080Operation not for profit.7 cites
- RCW 35.82.090Rentals and tenant selection.2 cites
- RCW 35.82.100Cooperation between authorities.
- RCW 35.82.110Eminent domain.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.120Planning, zoning and building laws.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.130Bonds.2 cites
- RCW 35.82.140Form and sale of bonds.
- RCW 35.82.150Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.160Certification by attorney general.
- RCW 35.82.170Remedies of an obligee of authority.
- RCW 35.82.180Additional remedies conferable by authority.
- RCW 35.82.190Exemption of property from execution sale.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.200Aid from federal government—Provisions applicable to authorities.3 cites
- RCW 35.82.210Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes—Definitions.5 cites
- RCW 35.82.220Housing bonds legal investments and security.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.230Reports.
- RCW 35.82.240Rural housing projects.
- RCW 35.82.250Housing applications by farmers.
- RCW 35.82.260Farmers of low income.
- RCW 35.82.270Powers are additional.
- RCW 35.82.280Supplemental projects.
- RCW 35.82.285Group homes or halfway houses for released juveniles or individuals with developmental disabilities.
- RCW 35.82.300Joint housing authorities—Creation authorized—Contents of ordinances creating—Powers.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.310Joint housing authorities—Dissolution.
- RCW 35.82.320Deactivation of housing authority—Procedure.1 cite
- RCW 35.82.325Deactivation of housing authority—Distribution of assets.
- RCW 35.82.330Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property.
- RCW 35.82.340Previously incarcerated individuals—Rental policies that are not unduly burdensome encouraged.
- RCW 35.82.900Short title.
- RCW 35.82.910Chapter controlling.
Enacted in other states
Alabama, California, Colorado, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
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