Eviction Moratorium in LTC 

Eviction Moratorium in LTC 

DSHS issued a Dear Provider letter regarding the extension of the state’s eviction moratorium and how it applies to long term care. Long Term Care Facilities are temporarily prohibited to do the following:  

  • Serving or enforcing, or threatening to serve or enforce, any notice requiring a resident to vacate any dwelling.
  • Seeking or enforcing, or threatening to seek or enforce, judicial eviction orders involving any dwelling or parcel of land occupied as a dwelling.
  • Assessing, or threatening to assess, late fees for the non-payment or late payment of rent.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Increasing, or threatening to increase, the rate of rent for any dwelling, parcel of land occupied as a dwelling.
  • Retaliating against individuals for invoking their rights or protections under previous eviction moratorium proclamations, or any other state or federal law providing rights or protections for residential dwellings.

You can find the letter with more information here. 

 

Questions?

Contact:

Alyssa Odegaard- Vice President, Public Policy 

c: 206.948.2279