What actually changes for landlords on November 1, 2026?

If the Safe Healthy Homes Act takes effect on November 1, 2026 as scheduled, Bill 250329-AA adds four tenant-notice duties: post or deliver a copy of each new or renewed rental license to every tenant within 7 days of receiving it, with a restatement of Code §9-3901(4)(h); tell affected tenants about an unsafe, unfit, imminently dangerous or Fire Code violation notice at least 24 hours before its correction deadline, unless the violation is corrected in time; post or deliver any license-suspension notice within 7 days; and post or deliver the results of a covered violation appeal within 7 days. A tenant may also request a Certificate of Rental Suitability once in any 90-day period, and the owner has 10 days to provide one issued no more than 30 days before the request. Bill 250330-AA separately creates a rebuttable presumption, in court, that a landlord breached the implied warranty of habitability when L&I has cited a Property Maintenance or Fire Code violation, its cure date has passed, no appeal is pending and the conditions are not all remedied; it also extends good-cause protection to the expiration of any lease.

Safe Healthy Homes Act changes are enacted with a scheduled November 1, 2026 effective date. A federal lawsuit challenging them is pending; no order had delayed that date when the public docket was last read (entries through August 31, 2026). Verify the current docket through PACER or counsel before relying on the date in a filing. The Act is two ordinances, Bill 250329-AA amending the rental-licensing chapter and Bill 250330-AA covering retaliation, habitability, and good cause, both signed May 7, 2026.