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First In Time . . . City of Seattle Suffers Rental Retardation

 
To those who have known me for awhile, you know I've not published anything in months.  Well, today I was inspired.
I read the following article this morning:  First in Time Lawsuit:  Yin et al vs. City of Seattle.
The article is well written and easily digested  Please read it, but if you don't have time, here are a few bullet-points:
Due to housing issues in Seattle, the City of Seattle had to "DO" something.  So, what did they decide to "DO?"  Impose a new ordinance, i.e., "First in Time" The First in Time ordinance alters the landlords' tenant selection process in the following manner:  Landlords are forced to rent to the first applicant that meets the landlords' advertised rental criteria.  
The City of Seattle seems to be suffering with rental retardation
 
Just from the two bullet-points above, the premise of the "First in Time" is rental retardation.  Imposing rental "restrictions" on landlords doesn't SOLVE the housing issues. 
I have not read the ordinance.  But if the "first in time" tenant meets the advertised rental criteria, that's not fair to the landlord, on its face.
The "advertised" rental criteria might not have all the criteria . . . . . . . . . advertised.
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