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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.
“Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Sustainability and Renters' Rights Committee, released the following statement in response to Mayor Bruce Harrell's decision to end the city's pandemic eviction moratorium at the end of February. Sawant will introduce legislation to extend the eviction moratorium through the end of the COVID public health emergency. ‘Mayor Harrell’s decision to end the pandemic moratorium is a plan to allow the eviction of thousands of working-class renters in Seattle is unacceptable and inhumane. Those facing eviction are disproportionately Black working-class renters and other communities of color. My office will introduce legislation to support our city's renters and extend the moratorium through the end of the COVID public health emergency, as renters’ rights organizations, progressive labor unions, and socialists have called for.’”
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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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“Eviction Moratorium Will Expire at the End of February Announcing a final two-week extension of the eviction moratoria, Mayor Bruce Harrell issues directive to support vulnerable tenants and small landlords through $25 million in emergency assistance, online resources”
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