MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE - WASHINGTON

Yim v. City of Seattle

Supreme Court of Washington - November 14, 2019 - P.3d - 2019 WL 5997021

Plaintiffs, individual landlords and a membership association providing screening services to its landlord members, brought action against city, challenging the constitutionality of the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance which generally precluded landlords from inquiring about a tenant or a prospective tenant’s criminal history or from taking adverse action against the same based on criminal history, alleging it violated landlords’ free speech and substantive due process rights.

The United States District Court certified question to Washington Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court held that:



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