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I keep people saying UW does not own Nordheim Court, with the implication obviously that UW has no responsibility for what happens there.

If you said that, you are wrong. I looked up the parcel in the King County Property Lookup tool. Try it yourself: 5000 25th Ave NE.

The “taxpayer” (owner) is the University of Washington.

Yes, UW statements have made a point of specifying that the property is managed by a third party. I wonder why they want to distance themselves in that way…

UW has hired the third party to manage the property on their behalf. That’s it.