Gov. Bob Ferguson, podium, makes remarks during an event on May 7, 2025, where he signed a law caping rent increases for manufactured homes at 5% or less per year. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
An organization representing owners of manufactured home communities is suing to block Washington’s landmark law capping rent increases.
Much of the conversation around House Bill 1217 in the last legislative session was about its limits on residential rent increases. But the law, which took effect in May, also blocks annual rent hikes of more than 5% for manufactured homes when residents own their home but have to lease the land they live on. No rent increases are allowed in the first year of a tenancy…