Sunrise Group Homes, Inc. v. Ferguson

Frances Ferguson, as guardian for Bernice Ferguson, appeals from the trial court's finding of unlawful detainer. Ferguson argues that the trial court erred by finding that the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 1973 did not apply to the action, thus precluding her from raising the affirmative defenses available under that act.

Bernice Ferguson is developmentally disabled and has lived in the Olivia Park Group Home in Everett for many years. Sunrise Group Homes owns the Olivia Park facility and operates the home under a contract with the Department of Social and Health Services, which pays…