OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Governor Jay Inslee has extended and expanded his moratorium on evictions.
The order comes a month after Inslee announced a 30-day moratorium on evictions, which is now being extended another seven weeks and will include new measures meant to protect more tenants.
He imposed a new freeze on residential rent increases in an effort to help residents better handle the economic shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Inslee says commercial rent increases will also be banned if the commercial tenant has been impacted by the virus.