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Bellevue highlights Housing Accord and Conflict Resolution Center pilot: early referrals cut evictions
Summary
City staff and the Conflict Resolution Center reported that the Housing Accord and an early‑referral pilot helped resolve most cases before eviction; since Sept. 2023 the program completed 432 cases and an early‑referral pilot completed 116 cases with an approximately 90% resolution rate, staff said.
Bellevue staff and the city’s Conflict Resolution Center on Sept. 23 updated the council on the Housing Accord program, a voluntary eviction‑prevention effort launched after state eviction‑prevention funding lapsed. Natalie Daniels, manager of the Conflict Resolution Center, and Julia Devlin, the housing accord coordinator, described a cross‑cultural, landlord‑tenant mediation model that emphasizes early intervention and one‑on‑one coaching to avoid formal evictions.
Devlin summarized an early‑referral pilot run with Allied…
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