EVERETT — The owners and operators of a number of senior apartment complexes in Snohomish County filed responses in court last week after a state lawsuit alleged the businesses engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices.

In June, Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown filed a complaint against California-based property management company FPI Management and Vintage Housing, a company that owns a number of the low-income senior apartment buildings. It alleged the companies violated consumer protection laws through misleading advertising to a vulnerable population.

Five properties were named in the complaint. Three — Vintage at Marine View in Everett, Vintage at Mill Creek and Cedar Pointe Apartments in Arlington — are located in Snohomish County. FPI operates 87 properties

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