AN ORDINANCE relating to the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance; clarifying that a tenant relocation license is required before the removal of a rent or income restriction; and amending Sections 22.210.020, 22.210.030, 22.210.040, 22.210.050, 22.210.070, 22.210.080, 22.210.090, 22.210.100, 22.210.110, 22.210.120, 22.210.130, 22.210.136, 22.210.140, and 22.210.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Agenda Item one Council Vote 120 182 Relating to the Tenant Relocation Assistant Ordinance clarified that I cannot give the patient license required for the removal of a rent or increase restriction. Thank you so much. I move to pass Council Bill 120182. Is there a second? Second. It's been moved and seconded to pass the bill. Customers want you are the sponsor of this item, so I'm going to go in hand it over to you to walk us through the report. Thank you. One minute the bill has been moved and seconded. I believe I should. Do I have to? Yep. Already. Already done. We have to develop the procedure. So now you can go ahead and just talk about the bill. Thank you. This bill is a legislation from the city of Seattle, Department of Construction and Inspections, clarifying that the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance applies to buildings that exist, the multi-family tax exemption affordable housing program. The ordinance, which is known as TRAIL, which is its acronym for short, requires building owners to pay relocation assistance when they displace renters through no fault eviction in order to demolish or remodel the building or a similar change of use. This bill is for clarifying purposes and is pretty straightforward, making it clear that exiting the MFP program, the multifamily tax exemption program, counts as that sort of change of use. There are a couple of buildings in Seattle that are expected to exit the MFT program this year. The department walked through one such building and estimated that approximately 10% of the tenants there would be eligible for relocation assistance because the ordinance has extremely restrictive means testing that even count the income of your roommate against you. While this clarifying language will only help a small minority of renters, residents of some affordable homes are expected to be eligible for it this year. So I appreciate Dan Gonzalez's willingness to send this bill directly to full council with the city council today. And I urge members to vote. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember. Silent for that report. Are there any additional comments or questions on the bill? Not seeing any hands raise. I do want to note for the record that we have been joined by Councilmember Miles. Well, a quick piece called The Roll on the Passage of the Bill Herbold. S Juarez i the less. Yes. Morales Yes. Mesquita All right. Peterson I so want this. Strauss Yes. President Gonzalez. Nine in favor, nine opposed, the motion carries, the bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the parties affix my signature on the legislation to the legislation on my behalf? Well, the clerk please read item two into the record.