Community organizers on June 16 submitted nearly 9,000 signatures at Tacoma City Hall for a ballot initiative that would create an enforcement mechanism for Tacoma’s tenants protections.
Tacoma For All, the group that spearheaded recent efforts to bolster tenants rights in Tacoma, is looking for voter approval on a measure that would strengthen requirements for landlords to comply with Tacoma’s tenants rights laws. Currently, those laws are only enforceable when people pursue legal action.
The “Safe Homes for All” campaign outlines a per-unit rental license fee that it says would cover the cost for the city to enforce its tenant laws. Tacoma is facing an ever-growing budget deficit, now up to $40 million…