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Summary: This is an ordinance enacted by the Seattle City Council on June 25, 1990, which provides benefits for residential tenants who will be displaced by housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use or removal of use restrictions on assisted housing. Benefits include payment of relocation assistance to low income tenants and advance notice of the planned development.

Date Revised: 10/12/2023

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