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Seattle residents and service providers urge council to restore tenant services, boost rental-assistance reserve
Summary
Dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders at the Select Budget Committee public hearing urged the council to restore tenant legal and prevention services to 2024 levels and to protect $4 million in tenant-based rental assistance while increasing the reserve to backfill potential federal funding cuts.
Dozens of speakers told the Select Budget Committee on Nov. 8 that restoring tenant services and preserving rental-assistance funding are essential to prevent evictions and reduce homelessness.
Residents, tenant advocates and legal-service providers described rising eviction filings and gaps in legal help that they said leave renters without practical defenses. "Tenant services could have helped that person stay housed," renter and minimum-wage worker Fiona Shea said, urging full reinstatement of tenant services funding. Tenant-law…
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