Acero Ridgefield Apartments keep insisting that Washington state law no longer allows shorter than year long leases, but I found evidence online to prove otherwise.
I'm about to renew my lease but would really prefer a 6 month term, or even month to month, but the lady at the front office keeps insisting there is a new law that doesn't allow them to do so. I'm not ready to move out just yet but also don't want to be locked in for a whole year, without paying insane lease breaking fees. It's their choice on how many months they can offer, but this whole idea that it's "illegal" is crazy right? I literally went to the WA tenent website and it said that a lot of places just automatically roll over month to month after the lease ends. is there anything I can do? I'm at work so I can't provide some of the info I found but it's easily google -able.
Updated: They apologized for the "miscommunication," and stated that their parent COMPANY does not offer anything shorter than a year. Hopefully they take the time to educate their staff, but another commenter had the right of it: throwing a fit about the new laws that protect tenants.