1. If you don't speak a common language, find someone to translate while you're trying to communicate. That seems like a good place to start.

2. Missing power outlets don't require a permit to replace if the wiring is already run to a box. Running new ones does, but unless they came in, tore a swath out of the drywall, and ran entirely new outlets in new locations, they wouldn't need a permit.

3. If you have mold, you have moisture problems. You have to get to the root of the moisture intrusion, stop whatever is causing it, and then tear out and replace all the drywall that's been contaminated. Otherwise spores lie dormant and reappear when moisture comes back. Painting over it is a joke.

4. Condemn this shit hole even if it displaces the families. Kids shouldn't be exposed to those conditions and anywhere sounds better than there.

If there was enough housing in Seattle so that landlords actually had to compete against each other, this guy would be out of business.

Bet the building owner has a "no hala upzone" sign in the lawn of his 7-figure single family house.

if the mold is getting into the drywall from the backside, it is in the studs and framing. the place needs to be torn down.

End result: slight remodel and massive rent increase.

But we should remember we are going to ask the people who are stuck living in these horrid conditions to pay higher sales tax for our arts community. That's right: it doesn't go to creating the means to improve their living situation: we're going to pump more money into the arts!

RCW 59.18.085(3), people. Read it. The landlord needs to pay relocation to these tenants. Three months rent , their deposit and moving/displacement costs in cash within seven days.