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Your Stormwater System: Best Practices to Avoid Flooding
Your Stormwater System: Best Practices to Avoid Flooding

In this article, we will discuss a few proactive efforts that prevent fall and winter floods. Continue Reading

Postedby Erin Brewster
Date posted01/28/2022


New Member Report - January 2022
New Member Report - January 2022

Thanks for joining us! Continue Reading

Postedby Jim Wiard (deleted)
Date posted01/20/2022


Kenmore's COVID-19 Post Moratorium Restrictions
Kenmore's COVID-19 Post Moratorium Restrictions

City of Kenmore (Ordinance) Creates a defense to eviction where the rent was unpaid during the public health emergency or a substantial increase in expenses resulting from COVID pandemic. “Resulting from the COVID pandemic” includes: the tenant suffered a loss of employment or a... Continue Reading

Postedby Brett Waller
Date posted01/14/2022


2022 Scholarship Recipients
2022 Scholarship Recipients

CAPS Awards: Jenna Atchison, Allied Residential Victor Ledezma, Thrive Communities* Brittany Taylor, Pillar Properties* Lisha Howard, Tarragon Property Services Julianne Figiola, Avenue5 Residential CAM Awards: Tara Snider, Rockwood Property Management Nicholas Lamanna, Weidner... Continue Reading

Postedby Sloane Cerbana
Date posted01/14/2022


City of Spokane Enacts Local Eviction Moratorium
City of Spokane Enacts Local Eviction Moratorium

On Monday January 10, 2022, the City of Spokane passed an ordinance parroting language directly from the Governor's expired eviction moratorium. Taking us back in time, the ordinance requires the following: For rent owing from February 29, 2020 – July 31, 2021: Prohibits serving a 14-day... Continue Reading

Postedby Brett Waller
Date posted01/14/2022


Top 10 Ideas for a Healthier Community
Top 10 Ideas for a Healthier Community

Below are ten ideas you can use to easily strengthen your community’s physical, mental, and social health. All while bringing the community together. Continue Reading

Postedby Nick Tyree
Date posted01/11/2022


Members Give over $100,000 at 2021 Holiday Giving Gala
Members Give over $100,000 at 2021 Holiday Giving Gala

What started as a standard Holiday Giving Gala ended up being our biggest fundraising event of the association's existence! Continue Reading

Postedby Jim Wiard (deleted)
Date posted12/30/2021


Influence and Impact - Are You a Toxic Leader?
Influence and Impact - Are You a Toxic Leader?

Please ask yourself – do any of the hallmarks of a toxic leader resonate with me? Be brutally honest with yourself. Do you see yourself in any of those characteristics? Continue Reading

Postedby Kendehl Rojanasthien (deleted)
Date posted12/30/2021


2021 Year End Reflection
2021 Year End Reflection

Reflecting on 2021, I must admit it’s a little harder to look back at all the positive moments and successes of the year without lamenting that we are still dealing with a pandemic and its many challenges for our membership. Continue Reading

Postedby Jim Wiard (deleted)
Date posted12/28/2021


WMFHA's New Home - 600 SW 39th Street, Suite 220
WMFHA's New Home - 600 SW 39th Street, Suite 220

After over 5 years in our familiar office at 711 Powell Ave. in Renton, WMFHA moved to new office space on July 1, 2021. Continue Reading

Postedby Jim Wiard (deleted)
Date posted12/27/2021


New Multifamily Fitness Models Flex Through the Pandemic
New Multifamily Fitness Models Flex Through the Pandemic

The continuing COVID-sensitive environment has brought an avalanche of changes for communities – the most prominent of which focus on community health and fitness. During the last 18 months, fitness and wellness options can be considered a necessary remedy to heightened stress levels, and a... Continue Reading

Postedby David Scanzon (deleted)
Date posted12/27/2021


What We Say Matters: Inclusive Language in Multifamily
What We Say Matters: Inclusive Language in Multifamily

Upon my recent review of hundreds of apartment community websites across the US, I was shocked with the choice of common verbiage used. Continue Reading

Postedby Stephanie Anderson
Date posted12/20/2021