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City of Seattle and Partners Win Nationwide Injunction to Temporarily Halt Trump Administration’s Changes to ‘Fee Waiver’ Rule

December 9, 2019

…in support of the injunction: “I am glad that the Court recognizes the urgent need to block this “pay-to-play” approach to citizenship from being enforced. Wealth is not, and should…

Filed Under: Office of the Mayor, Press Releases, Racial Equity & Social Justice

Mayor Durkan’s Affordable Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council Delivers Recommendations to Increase Housing Options throughout Seattle

January 22, 2020

…more than 560,000 Seattle jobs are in occupations that pay less than $100,000 per year on average. “For many years, the City’s response to the broader housing affordability crisis has…

Filed Under: Citywide Strategy, Housing, Office of the Mayor, Press Releases

Mayor Durkan Announces Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City Light Will Keep Utilities on During COVID-19 Civil Emergency in Seattle

March 10, 2020

…payment plans if their financial stability has been jeopardized by COVID-19. Utility service will stay on as their deferred payment plans are developed and implemented. In addition to encouraging customers…

Filed Under: Citywide Strategy, Essential City Services, Office of the Mayor, Press Releases, Public Health & Safety

Mayor Durkan Announces $1 Million Expansion of Small Business Stabilization Fund; Availability of Federal Small Businesses Loans

March 18, 2020

…ensure small businesses can access federal SBA loans as quickly as possible. Eligible small businesses can receive loans of up to $2 million to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable…

Filed Under: Citywide Strategy, Office of the Mayor, Press Releases, Public Health & Safety, Racial Equity & Social Justice

City of Seattle to Provide Immediate Rent Relief for Nonprofit and Small Business Tenants

March 20, 2020

…businesses, nonprofits, and cultural community will be devastating, and that many might not be able to pay rent for weeks and months to come. I urge property owners throughout the…

Filed Under: Citywide Strategy, Essential City Services, Office of the Mayor, Press Releases, Public Health & Safety

At Fourth State of the City Address, Mayor Jenny Durkan Discusses Plan for Equitable Vaccine Distribution and the Vision for Seattle On the Other Side of the Pandemic

February 15, 2021

…all of us: Masks, testing, isolation. Losing loved ones. Small business owners struggling every day to survive. Workers facing lost wages and jobs, and unable to pay their rent. Parents…

Filed Under: Mayor-Elect