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Lang Pham v. Shawn Corbett (2015)

Citation
Lang Pham v. Shawn Corbett (2015)
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Lang Pham v. Shawn Corbett (2015)
Jurisdiction
Washington (state)
Effective Date
2015-05-26

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is meritless. The explicit language in the City's letters demonstrate otherwise. Pham's
argument that the statute does not allow assistance to be paid to tenants who choose to
relocate is simply incorrect. RCW 59.18.085(3) does not address a tenant's choice to
relocate, but subsection (2) specifically allows a tenant who "elects to terminate the
tenancy as a result of the conditions leading to the posting" to recover additional
damages if a landlord knowingly violates subsection (1). The trial court stated that the
tenants "elected to be relocated" but found that Pham had to only pay relocation 16
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