In Re Housing Authority of City of Seattle

In this action to condemn certain property of the relators, the Housing Authority of the city of Seattle showed that it needed Lot 8, Block 68, adjacent to Yesler Terrace, an existing public housing project, for the erection of a proposed high-rise apartment building for the housing of elderly persons of low income, according to the trial court’s findings. An order of public use and necessity was accordingly entered, and the relators applied for a writ of certiorari, contending that the findings were not supported by the evidence.

In enacting RCW 35.82.010, the legislature recognized the…