Rental Related Links

The following Links will take you to rental-related sites on the Internet. If you know of or find any additional sites you feel should be listed on this page, please contact us and we will add your link!

• Rent.Net - An on-line rental listing service.
• Fair Housing
• Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
• Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
• Washington Center for Real Estate Research
• Creative Real Estate Online
• Spokane County Assessor (sales info, property info search, maps)
• Landlord Tenant Act
• www.annualcreditreport.com A free credit report from all three agencies with each individual being allowed 1 per year.
• www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a new rule, called the "Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule" (RRP) The new rule aims to protect children from lead-based paint hazards created by renovation and remodeling projects in places they frequent, including homes, day cares and schools.

  The RRP Rule will be in effect on April 22, 2010. The pdf file "Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right" is a handbook for contractors, property managers and maintenance personnel working in homes, child care facilities and schools built before 1978.

  The new rule requires that contractors and maintenance professionals be certified, that their employees be trained, and that they follow protective lead-safe work practice standards. To learn more about working safely with lead, contact the National Lead Information Center at 800-424-LEAD (5323).

• www.spokanepolice.org This is the site of the Crime Map. Check crime in your neighborhood, and get information on C.O.P.S.
• www.spokanecops.org The C.O.P.S. website.
• www.spokanesheriff.org To look up sex offenders in area of city, or to find your neighborhood resource officer SCOPE.
• www.domesticviolence.net Use this site to find out more about what you can do if you suspect or encounter domestic violence in your rental unit.
• www.spokanehomeless.org This site shows available apartments to refer applicants to should they not qualify for your vacancy.
• HUD is creating a web site that will show available HUD housing. The site will be available by early next year. Landlords will find it a useful site to which they can direct low income applicants.
• Global Credit Union
• www.OneStopHousing.org Landlords/Property Managers can list their vacant units.
• SmokeFreeWashington