There is much confusion over the Seattle eviction moratorium. The confusion stems from the history of the Seattle moratorium and changes made to them, and additional separate laws passed by the City creating a new inability-to-pay defense and imposing payment plans. Confusion may be in part also due to the fact there are various federal, state, and local moratoria, and sometimes people confuse and conflate their various terms. On March 14 the Mayor issued a residential eviction moratorium that prohibited eviction for non-payment of rent. She later issues a broad small business and non-profit eviction moratorium that prohibited almost all […]
Travis Eller
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Seattle Payment Plan Laws In response to the COVID economic fallout, the City of Seattle enacted several measures including mandatory payment plans for both residential and commercial tenancies. Both the residential and commercial payment plan laws apply to tenants who fail to pay rent during or within six months after the state of emergency declared by the mayor. The residential and commercial payment plan ordinances are separate laws with different terms, summarized below. Residential payment plans. Residential tenants who fail to pay rent during or within six months after the state of emergency declared by the mayor may pay in […]