Property manager pays up in Washington AG Ferguson's eviction lawsuit
A Nevada-based property management group will pay almost $350,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed in April by Attorney General Bob Ferguson over its violation of Washington's emergency eviction moratorium.
The firm, JRK Residential Group, Inc., will pay almost $3009,000 directly to tenants in the form of refunds, payments and rent forgiveness. The AG's lawsuit was the first filed to enforce Gov. Jay Inslee's emergency proclamations.
The Governor, on March 18, issued a proclamation establishing a temporary moratorium on evictions for an inability to pay rent. The proclamation prohibits landlords from issuing Notices to Pay or Vacate during the proclamation's effective period.
JRK Residential, a for-profit real estate investment firm and property management company, manages property in 20 states and says its portfolio represents "approximately $6 billion in investment capital."
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