INBOX: CM Kshama Sawant says she plans to introduce emergency legislation to extend the eviction moratorium that would last throughout the Covid pandemic health emergency.
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Last week, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced that he would extend the eviction moratorium one last time through the end of month.
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NEW: Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell will extend the city’s eviction moratorium one final time. The order will extend the moratorium through February 28th.
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During Council Briefing : "I urge the mayor to reconsider." Morales warned of a surge in displacement and homelessness due to the eviction moratorium lapsing on Jan 28.
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She noted 's winter eviction ban and the eviction defense bill, which she co-sponsored, will help, but aren't as comprehensive as the eviction moratorium was.
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This is political grandstanding. Nobody is going to get evicted due to Covid or inabiltiy to pay thanks to the 6- month protection council already passed. At this point the moratorium is only protecting tenants who are behaving badly- smoking tabacco, stealing packages etc
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