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Seattle City Council Re-Appropriates $169.2 Million in Unspent 2024 Funds for 2025 Budget and Lifts Tenant Services Proviso

  • When: 2025/07/15
  • Address: Citywide, Seattle, WA
  • City: Seattle
  • State: WA
  • Category: Economic Development Incentives
  • Subcategory: Grants
  • Asset Class: Land
  • Size (Dollars): $169,202,205

The Seattle City Council passed Ordinance 127156, amending the 2025 Budget and the 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). This legislation re-appropriates unexpended non-capital appropriations from the 2024 Budget to the 2025 Budget, totaling $169,202,205. These funds had lapsed at the end of 2024 because spending was not initiated or completed during the 2024 fiscal year. The ordinance ensures these funds can now be used for their originally intended purposes in 2025. Additionally, the ordinance lifts a budget proviso related to tenant services grants and contracts, allowing these appropriations to be used for broader purposes beyond just education on landlord-tenant law, hotlines, rental assistance referrals, mediation, interpretation services, and eviction legal defense.

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