Councilmember Moore Announces District 5 budget wins for public safety, housing and human services

Councilmember Cathy Moore (District 5) released the following statement after the City Council adopted the 2025-26 City of Seattle budget, and endorsed the 2026 budget:

“Affordable housing, public safety, human services and addressing homelessness are critically important to District 5 residents and Seattle as a whole,” said Councilmember Moore. “As the District 5 councilmember, I zealously advocated for and secured the following funding in the final 2025-2026 budget.” 

Key victories include:

Housing 

$1.9 million for the Low-Income Housing Fund in 2025, and $1.9 million for the Low-Income Housing Fund  in 2026  for homelessness prevention.
An additional $3.3 million for rental assistance for households at risk of homelessness bringing the total to $10 million. 
$3.4 million for homeownership capital production program.

Human Services/Homelessness

$350,000 for the creation of a seasonal winter shelter in District 5 open from November through March. 

$3.2 million in 2025 and $2.7 million in 2026 to support start-up and operations of two new non-congregate shelters.  
$2 million for new and existing emergency receiving center beds and services to address commercial sexual exploitation and $200,0000 to continue the SHE health clinic for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, domestic violence and sexual assault at Aurora Commons.

Public Safety 

Additional CCTV cameras along Aurora Avenue North to close coverage gaps in high crime areas along the  North 85^th Street to North 145^th Street corridor. 
Creation of the first ever community safety hub in North Seattle  (primary sponsor CM Rivera). 
 A new position in SPD dedicated to expanding the numbers of female officers in SPD (primary sponsor CM Saka).

2025 Legislative Priority

“My legislation to create a local 2% capital gains excise tax on stock and bond profits over $262,000, and a second bill to use the excise tax proceeds to fund rental assistance, food assistance, and down payment assistance for low and middle-income home ownership unfortunately failed. As a number of councilmembers stated the legislation needed more work or that it was the ‘right tax at the wrong time,’ I will be bringing this legislation back in early 2025 for additional work and consideration,” added Councilmember Moore.

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