LkWd_Don
Regular Member
Ok maybe this should be taken to another thread? But where I live, it's subsidised housing... I live on disability and hate it alot... I'd much rather be working... But can anybody prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that washington state does not allow landlords to prevent renters from having weapons or firearms in their homes?
If we are talking an apartment complex, then the Landlord/Tenant Law would govern 100% and with RCW 59.18.130 only saying that you can not engage in the unlawful use of a firearm, you should be good and should be able to ignore the landlady.
Duties of tenant.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.130
Each tenant shall pay the rental amount at such times and in such amounts as provided for in the rental agreement or as otherwise provided by law and comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of all municipal, county, and state codes, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, and in addition shall:
(8) Not engage in any activity at the rental premises that is:
(a) Imminently hazardous to the physical safety of other persons on the premises; and
(b)(i) Entails physical assaults upon another person which result in an arrest; or
(ii) Entails the unlawful use of a firearm or other deadly weapon as defined in RCW 9A.04.110 which results in an arrest, including threatening another tenant or the landlord with a firearm or other deadly weapon under RCW 59.18.352. Nothing in this subsection (8) shall authorize the termination of tenancy and eviction of the victim of a physical assault or the victim of the use or threatened use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;
However, you do not say that you are in an apartment complex, just that it is subsidized. So, if you are renting a room in someone's home or are renting a single unit from a private property owner (maybe a converted garage or a single family rental home) and that owner is allowing section 8 subsidies, then you may have to abide by the extra rules the landlord puts in the contract. If this is the case, you still have a choice. Comply, hire a Lawyer or pinch pennies till you can move to an apartment complex that can not pull that crap.
IANAL, I am just good at researching and reading most laws.