Tensions ran high Tuesday night as the Tacoma City Council approved changes to the city’s rental housing laws.

Tenant groups rallied outside City Hall, calling the amendments devastating.

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Ordinance 29086 makes several changes to tenant protections. First, it shortens the cold-weather eviction ban, moving it from November 1 through April 1 to November 15 through March 15. It also raises late rent fees and exempts certain affordable housing providers, including the Tacoma Housing Authority, from these

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