How a Consumer Hired a Lawyer to Review a Residential Real Estate Lease Agreement in Washington (2024)

Under the Washington Residential Landlord Tenant Law, a landlord may not change the terms of a lease during the lease, at least not on his or her own (sometimes landlords and tenants negotiate a change). In addition, a lease is a type of contract, and one party to a contract cannot change a contract on their own. If you live in Seattle or a few other places in Washington, you have even more protection than under Washington state law. Here is a really good place to read about your basic rights as a renter. This website is written and vetted by attorneys for lay people, and I have provided this information to countless people over the years because it is reliable: https://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/topics/housing/renters Here is another website for you. However, I'm not familiar with this one, and don't know how reliable ti is: https://tenantsunion.org/rights Good luck to you!