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Originally Posted by Kevin

"Could not live in" vs. "would not live in." Definitely not enough in the story to figure out whether there's something to this. Again, hard to say, I live in a state with almost no mandatory COVID protections. Not even a mask mandate, so no idea what Washington does.

I found this... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...PfzAIFXuBtOOi_

A few items directly from the Proclamation:

- Landlords, property owners, and property managers are prohibited from serving or enforcing, or threatening to serve or enforce, any notice requiring a resident to vacate any dwelling or parcel of land occupied as a dwelling, including but not limited to an eviction notice, notice to pay or vacate, notice of unlawful detainer, notice of termination of rental, or notice to comply
or vacate.

- Landlords, property owners, and property managers are prohibited from assessing, or threatening to assess, late fees for the non-payment or late payment of rent or other charges related to a dwelling or parcel of land occupied as a dwelling, and where such non-payment or late payment occurred on or after February 29, 2020, the date when a State of Emergency was
proclaimed in all counties in Washington State.

- Landlords, property owners, and property managers are prohibited from assessing, or threatening to assess, rent or other charges related to a dwelling or parcel of land occupied as a dwelling for any period during which the resident’s access to, or occupancy of, such dwelling was prevented as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

- Except as provided in this paragraph, landlords, property owners, and property managers are
prohibited from treating any unpaid rent or other charges related to a dwelling or parcel of land
occupied as a dwelling as an enforceable debt or obligation that is owing or collectable, where
such non-payment was as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and occurred on or after February
29, 2020, and during the State of Emergency proclaimed in all counties in Washington State.

- Landlords, property owners, and property managers are prohibited from retaliating against individuals for invoking their rights or protections under Proclamations 20-19 et seq., or any other state or federal law providing rights or protections for residential dwellings. Nothing in
this order prevents a landlord from seeking to engage in reasonable communications with tenants to explore re-payment plans in accordance with this order.