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Seattle mayor wants to use money from land sale for homeless

Mayor Durkan said the sale of the unspecified South Lake Union property is expected to net around $11 million.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (Credit: KING)

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wants to use $11 million in proceeds from the expected sale of a city-owned property to fund new rental assistance and short-term housing options for the homeless.

The Seattle Times reports the move is one of the first steps taken by her still-new administration toward delivering on a key campaign proposal - developing 1,000 new tiny houses for people in homelessness and ramping up rental-assistance programs.

Durkan said the sale of the unspecified South Lake Union property is expected to net around $11 million.

On Wednesday, she'll ask the Seattle City Council to pass a resolution asking to designate the new funds for her new Bridge Housing Investment program, which could include developing tiny homes, modular housing and backyard cottages, with a goal of quickly move people off the streets and into temporary shelter.

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