Nichols v. Seattle Housing Authority

¶1 A low-income tenant prevailed in an informal hearing on Seattle Housing Authority’s decision to terminate her rent subsidy. The housing authority rejected this decision and scheduled a new hearing before a different hearing officer. The second hearing officer sustained the housing authority’s decision to terminate the tenant’s housing voucher. On a writ of review, the superior court ordered reinstatement of the tenant’s voucher. We affirm. The superior court correctly determined that the first hearing examiner did not exceed his authority and therefore his ruling was final and binding.

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