SB 6044 - DIGEST

Creates the Washington rental assistance program to provide tenant-based rental assistance in the form of rental assistance vouchers, payable to the landlord, including vouchers for first and last month's rent and security and other deposits, except pet deposits, required of all other new tenants by a landlord, on behalf of low-income single persons, families, or unrelated persons living together: (1) Whose income is at or below forty percent of the median income, adjusted for household size, for the county of residence, as determined by the federal department of housing and urban development; and

(2) Who are not receiving such assistance through a program authorized by section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f or any other federal, state, or local rental assistance program.