Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Washington

Re: criminal convictions and renting

If the apartments where you are applying deny your application, they have to tell you if the denial was based on a credit check they did, and give you a copy of the credit report they ran so you can verify or correct the record.

They cannot deny based on impermissible discrimination - e.g. because of your racial background, or gender or disabilities, and most places know better.

If you have a criminal record, you would know that, so perhaps the issue is credit or rental history.

Some places don't check.

But for places that do, they have to give you a copy of the information they used to deny you housing.

If they won't, then contact Washington's Human Rights Commission in Olympia and figure out why.

Hope this helps. Elizabeth Powell