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May 21, 2021

About to get started with #StayHoused rally with @SeattleTRU and @CMTammyMorales, who has authored eviction defense legislation. #EvictionMoratorium

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Tenant Advocates Win Seattle Eviction Ban Extension and Press for Broader Reforms

CM Pedersen noted he's supported numerous tenant rights bill in the past, such as Sawant's winter eviction bill, but doesn't support a regulatory approach in this case. #EvictionDefense

theurbanist.org

Earlier this month, a 47-group-strong coalition urged Mayor Jenny Durkan to extend Seattle’s eviction moratorium through the end of the year. That pressure has borne fruit. On Monday, Mayor D…

Pedersen has offered amendments gutting the ban of school-year evictions of households with students.

@CMAndrewJLewis

said he think Pedersen's amendment narrows the bill far too much. The first amendment was voted down 1-3. #EvictionBan

Pedersen's next amendment would exempt small landlords defined as having four or fewer units, who he separated from more unscrupulous corporate landlords. Sawant said she won't be supporting it; kids should come first. #EvictionDefense #EvictionBan

Seattle Council Passes Winter Eviction Ban Against Protests of Mayor Durkan and Landlord Lobby

Pedersen introduced the same small landlord exemption amendment to the winter eviction ban and succeeded in passing it then. This time around he failed in a 1-3 vote, with Morales and Lewis joining Sawant in opposition. #EvictionBan

theurbanist.org

On Monday, the Seattle City Council by a 7-0 vote passed a winter eviction ban aiming to protect tenants during the three coldest months of the year. Although some cities do bar evictions on days w…

CM Sawant's school-year eviction bill advanced to full council on a 3-1 committee vote, with Pedersen opposed. #EvictionBan Details here: seattle.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.

Pedersen had another amendment, but couldn't get a courtesy second to at least discuss before voting down his proposed loopholes, with colleagues' patience running thin. #EvictionBan

Pedersen was also the only vote against the Sawant's bill closing the end of tenancy loophole in the city's Just Cause eviction law. He made a novel argument... #JustCauseEviction

These Housing Bills Need a Boost as Cutoff Looms

Pedersen posited the bill was redundant due to the pasage of Rep. Nicole Macri's HB 1236. Morales and Sawant filled him in that they consulted Macri who confirmed this wasn't her intent and welcomed cities passing stricter laws. #JustCauseEviction

theurbanist.org

State senators and representatives are scrambling to get their bills out of committee with a “Do Pass” recommendation before the cutoff on Monday, February 22nd. An exception allows rev…

11:20 PM · May 25, 2021

The Renters Committee is onto

@CMTammyMorales

' Eviction Defense bill, which allows tenants to claim a Covid-related financial hardship to fight an eviction. Pedersen again is assailing with his water it down amendments. He is failing to get seconds to discuss. #EvictionDefense

Pedersen's obligatory small landlord loophole didn't get a second, and Morales noted that $200 million in rent relief is available to Seattle landlords dealing with non-paying tenants. #EvictionDefense #COVID19

"Well that was quick," Pedersen said after an awkward silence after his amendments all failed to get a second. #EvictionDefense