SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119531

• Record No: CB 119531
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 119531
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 6/24/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125852
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to housing for low-income households; adopting the Housing Levy Administrative and Financial Plan for program years 2019 and 2020; adopting Housing Funding Policies for the 2016 Housing Levy and other fund sources; authorizing actions by the Director of Housing regarding past and future housing loans and contracts; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Council Central Staff 6/11/19, 3. Signed Ordinance 125852, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2019	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
6/28/2019	2	Mayor	returned
6/28/2019	2	Mayor	Signed
6/27/2019	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
6/24/2019	2	City Council	passed	Pass
6/13/2019	1	Housing, Health, Energy, and Workers’ Rights Committee	pass as amended	Pass
6/6/2019	1	Housing, Health, Energy, and Workers’ Rights Committee	discussed
5/20/2019	1	City Council	referred
5/9/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
5/7/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
5/7/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to housing for low-income households; adopting the Housing Levy Administrative and Financial Plan for program years 2019 and 2020; adopting Housing Funding Policies for the 2016 Housing Levy and other fund sources; authorizing actions by the Director of Housing regarding past and future housing loans and contracts; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 125028, in 2016 Seattle voters approved the levy of property taxes for the purpose of financing and supporting housing for low-income households ("Housing Levy"); and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 125028 provides for periodic adoption by the City Council of an Administrative and Financial Plan for programs funded by the 2016 Housing Levy; and
WHEREAS, in 2017 City Council adopted an Administrative and Financial Plan for program years 2017 and 2018, by Ordinance 125308; and
WHEREAS, in 2019 Mayor Durkan issued Executive Order 2019-02, calling on City departments to act with urgency to address residential displacement and increase affordability with priority actions in 2019, and directing the Office of Housing to update its Housing Funding Policies to further address residential displacement, including through policies that: encourage partnership with community-based organizations, particularly in high-displacement-risk areas; allow for continued financing under the Acquisition and Preservation Program; and expand scope of home repair program to help low-income homeowners stay in their homes; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order 2019-02, building off community advocacy, directed the Office of Housing to develop a policy that encourages housing developers to propose and implement Community Preference in the leasing and sale of City-funded rental and ownership housing located in high-displacement-risk neighborhoods, on a case-by-case basis; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Housing is committed...