Project-Based Learning: Housing

If you go about your apartment search in the right way, you can save time and money. This Forbes.com articles shows you how to have an efficient and effective apartment search.

This article from LifeHacker.com provides you with seven links to resources that can be a big help in apartment hunting.

From WikiHow.com, if you follow these handy tips, a good apartment may be closer than you think.

This article from MoneyCrashers.com is a step-by-step guide to successful apartment hunting.

This pdf handbook from the King County government website was written for landlords and real estate agents - but it is good reading for renters too, it explains your fair housing rights in detail.

*** One of best websites for helpful information about your rights as a tenant: "Access to housing, affordability, safe and healthy living conditions, eviction prevention and the power to assert our rights are only the beginning. Tenants need information about their rights and how to use them, stronger protections, and meaningful ways to enforce the law." ***

From the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections website: how to make a complaint about a potential violations of Seattle housing, land use, construction, noise, and other housing and building codes.

From the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections website. Seattle has a Housing and Building Maintenance Code that requires minimum standards in rental housing. This webpage is a place to start if you believe the Housing and Building Maintenance Code is not being followed.

*** The Attorney General does not handle complaints about issues relating to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, but they do provide a very comprehensive list of resources that can assist you with residential landlord/tenant issues. ***