Forced-out tenants could see more money
Ann Silver’s landlord must pay her $500 to move out of the apartment she’s lived in for nearly 16 years — an apartment that’s about to become a condo.
But if her landlord knocked down the building and built a new condominium tower, rather than converting the apartments, Silver would get at least $2,664.
That’s because state law governs payments only to lower-income tenants displaced by building conversions, whereas Seattle has jurisdiction over other projects.