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SEATTLE — Standing between two Seattle affordable housing buildings on a gravel lot, Gov. Jay Inslee proposed Wednesday spending $815 million in 2022 to create more permanent and transitional housing throughout the state, offer financial support to keep more people in their homes and expand supportive services for behavioral health needs, in what he called “the biggest and boldest” effort to reduce Washington’s homelessness crisis.

Washington governor extends eviction moratorium to Sept. 30 By RACHEL LA CORTEJune 24, 2021 GMT OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he was extending the state’s eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, with some modifications, to ensure that federal COVID-19 relief funds intended for rental assistance are able to be accessed in time. Inslee’s announcement came hours after the Biden administration extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this latest federal extension is intended to be the fina...