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.