§ 22.206.265. Emergency relocation assistance payments.

A.

A tenant subject to an emergency order to vacate and close may request an emergency relocation assistance payment from the Emergency Relocation Assistance Account. The Director may establish by rule application requirements for this section.

1.

To apply for emergency relocation assistance, a tenant household with a household income during the preceding twelve (12) months at or below fifty (50) percent of the median family income must:

a.

Submit a completed and signed request for an emergency relocation assistance payment on an application form provided by the Director along with documentation sufficient to establish tenant household income for the preceding twelve (12) months and any additional information required by the Director;

b.

Certify, in a manner approved by the Director, that the tenant has vacated a building, housing unit or premises pursuant to an emergency order to vacate and close; and

c.

Complete the application requirements contained in this subsection within seven (7) days of the date set for compliance with an emergency order to vacate and close a building, housing unit or premises.

2.

To apply for emergency relocation assistance, a tenant household with a household income during the preceding twelve (12) months greater than fifty (50) percent of the median family income must:

a.

Submit a completed and signed request for an emergency relocation assistance payment on an application form provided by the Director along with documentation sufficient to establish the monthly rental amount of the building, housing unit or premises under the existing rental agreement for the most recent rental period and that the household income for the preceding twelve (12) months is greater than fifty (50) percent of the median family income as well as any additional information required by the Director;

b.

Certify, in a manner approved by the Director, that the tenant has vacated a building, housing unit or premises pursuant to an emergency order to vacate and close; and

c.

Complete the application requirements contained in this subsection within seven (7) days of the date set for compliance with an emergency order to vacate and close a building, housing unit or premises.

B.

A relocation assistance payment deposited with the Director by a property owner pursuant to subsection G of SMC Section 22.206.260 shall be paid to the tenant on whose behalf the deposit was made within three (3) business days after receipt by the Director of both the funds for relocation assistance and a completed and signed application for an emergency relocation assistance payment from the tenant.

C.

If a tenant with a household income during the preceding twelve (12) months at or below fifty (50) percent of the median family income satisfactorily completes the application process described in subsection Al and the property owner fails to deposit the relocation assistance as required by subsection G of SMC Section 22.206.260, the Director may pay to such tenant from the Emergency Relocation Assistance Account, subject to the limitation established in subsection A of SMC Section 22.202.060, the full amount of relocation assistance that such tenant would have received had the property owner deposited the relocation assistance as required.

D.

If a tenant has been paid relocation assistance from the Emergency Relocation Assistance Account pursuant to subsection C and is subsequently paid the relocation assistance provided by subsections F and G of SMC Sections 22.206.206 directly to the property owner, the tenant must reimburse The City of Seattle the full amount of relocation assistance paid from the Emergency Relocation Assistance Account within three (3) business days of the receipt of the relocation assistance payment from the property owner.

E.

If a tenant either fails to submit to the Director a completed and signed application for relocation assistance by the deadline established in subsection A or fails to negotiate a check or warrant for emergency relocation assistance within sixty (60) days of the date of the check or warrant, the Director shall refund to the property owner the full amount of relocation assistance deposited on behalf of a tenant pursuant to SMC Section 22.206.260 within seven (7) business days after such failure by the tenant.

F.

Any check or warrant for relocation assistance from the Emergency Relocation Assistance Account that is not presented for payment within sixty (60) days may not be honored.

(Ord. 121076 § 5, 2003.)