Affordable-housing providers in Tacoma say they should be exempt from eviction restrictions in the city’s Landlord Fairness Code. The Tacoma City Council is considering making exemptions to the code’s eviction protections as it reviews the policy this month.
At the end of October, a coalition of affordable-housing providers and advocates issued a statement urging the city to exempt affordable housing from the “burdensome stipulations” of the code.
Those who signed the written statement are the Tacoma Housing Authority, Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium, Housing Pierce County (formerly Pierce County Housing Authority), Low Income Housing Institute, Mercy Housing Northwest, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition – Pierce County, Catholic Community Services, YWCA Pierce County, Korean Women’s Association, Living Access Support Alliance, Metropolitan Development Council, Spinnaker Property Management and Southport Financial Services…