Jenny Durkan
Mayor Durkan to Sign Downtown Empty Storefront Legislation Into Law
Temporary Change Will Increase Permitting Flexibility for Uses of Empty Storefronts to Help Bring Businesses and Artists Back Downtown Seattle – Following unanimous passage...
Mayor Durkan Announces Investment of $34MM to Move More People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness into Housing
One-time Emergency Resources Provide a Surge of New Short-term Shelter Plus Increased Rapid-Rehousing and Diversion Funds Supplementing Nearly 600 New Permanent Supportive Housing Units Coming On-line in 2021 Seattle (October 1) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today announced her proposal to move hundreds of people living unsheltered into safer spaces as...
Alexandria Real Estate Submits Initial Plans for Mercer Mega Block Project in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood
By Meghan Hall In the fall of 2019, Pasadena, Calif.-based Alexandria Real Estate agreed to purchase a critical block from the City of...
King County Purchases Downtown Health Center and COVID-19 Testing Site for $15.5MM
By Meghan Hall As the coronavirus pandemic continues, King County has worked to add clinics and testing sites to its arsenal. According to...
Mayor Durkan Announces Bold Action to Invest in 600 Apartments for Homeless Individuals in Response to COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
Office of Housing Accelerates Seattle Housing LevyFunding to Support Proven,Long-term Solution to Homelessness Seattle (August 12, 2020) – To bring more people inside during a public health crisis, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced that the City...
To Ease Financial Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic, Mayor Jenny Durkan Signs Emergency Order to Temporarily Halt Evictions of Small Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations
New Action Is Part of Mayor’s Small Business Recovery Package, Builds on Emergency Order Signed on March 14 That Halts Residential Evictions SEATTLE –...
Mayor Durkan Leverages City Investments to Nearly $1.5 Billion for Affordable Housing Across the City
Seattle (Feb. 18, 2019) – In her third State of the City Address, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced unprecedented and urgent housing investments....
