State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)
- Citation
- State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)
- Parent Document
- State v. Schwab, 693 P.2d 108 (1985)
- Jurisdiction
- Washington (state)
- Effective Date
- 1985-01-11
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1172955/state-v-schwab/ ↗
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Full Text
2,339 charsAlthough the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 1973 imposes upon the landlord the duty to keep the premises fit for human habitation, its remedial provisions are significantly qualified. Most notable is the section which requires the tenant to be current in the payment of rent before exercising any of the remedies accorded him under the provisions of the Act. See RCW 59.18.080. Requiring a low-income tenant to be current in rent undoubtedly deprives many such tenants of the remedial provisions of the Act. See Clocksin, Washington's Residential Landlord-Tenant *555 Act of 1973, 27 Wash. State Bar News No. 7, at 4, 27-28 (July 1973); Comment, Washington Tenant Remedies and the Consumer Protection Act, 10 Gonz. L. Rev. 559, 561-62 (1975). The protection afforded against retaliatory eviction for assertion of tenants' rights under the Act is circumscribed by a presumption that a landlord's termination is neither a reprisal nor retaliatory where the landlord serves notice to vacate for a tenant's breach of any obligation, including being in arrears in rent. The tenant's failure to overcome this presumption entitles the landlord to recover his costs, including attorney fees. See RCW 59.18.240, .250. Additionally, the right to terminate for constructive eviction is an illusory remedy where there is a serious housing shortage for low income tenants. If the tenant remains on the premises, he must await the repair process. In the event of judicial action, a court may grant damages or abatement of rent, but neither of these will restore the premises to a habitable state. See RCW 59.18.070, .090, .110. Although the Act does provide for attorney fees, an award is limited to instances of retaliatory action (RCW 59.18.250), recovery of deposits (RCW 59.18.280), wrongful exclusion from leasehold (RCW 59.18.290), and intentional termination of utilities (RCW 59.18.300). The Act does not provide attorney fees for breach of the duty to maintain habitable premises, nor are damages multiplied, except the tenant may recover up to two times the amount of a wrongfully held deposit. See RCW 59.18.280. As noted in Stoebuck, The Law Between Landlord and Tenant in Washington: Part I, 49 Wash. L. Rev. 291, 296 (1974), suits by tenants are generally economically not feasible when they rely on the remedial provisions of the Act: