Edmonds may fund $1,000 cash payments for coronavirus relief
EDMONDS — The Edmonds City Council is considering whether to fund up to $1,000 in cash payments to residents and families earning less than $52,000.
The city has $225,000 in its budget to fight homelessness.
With unemployment rising and other financial hardships stemming from the coronavirus, some city officials are thinking of shifting $100,000 to local nonprofits and social service providers, to help prevent people from losing housing.
“It just seems like an absolutely obvious choice to deploy some of those funds to keep vulnerable individuals and families in their homes,” said Councilmember Luke Distelhorst, who proposed the ordinance along with the city’s development services director, Shane Hope. “A crisis like this is a time when I really think we need to act, especially on behalf our citizens who need that assistance so they can stay in their homes and put food on the table.”
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