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Jayapal Announces Community Project Funding Requests for FY26

SEATTLE, WA — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is today announcing the Community Project Funding (CPF) requests that she will be advocating to include in the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) appropriations bills.

“Delivering for the Seattle area is the most important part of my job, and I am so proud to be working to bring home this money for innovative and critical projects across our community,” said Jayapal. “This funding will make our community safer, more affordable, more resilient to the climate crisis, and overall a better place to live. As Republicans in Congress and the Administration work to cut funding in every corner of the country, including for UW, and make life more expensive for all of us, I will continue working to get these projects across the finish line.”

Jayapal is submitting the following funding requests:

  • $3 million for the City of Burien’s Public Market
  • $3 million for the City of Lake Forest Park’s Lakefront Park Community Center
  • $10 million for the City of Seattle’s Fort Lawton Redevelopment 
  • $4 million for the City of Seattle’s Lake City Community Center and Affordable Housing Redevelopment
  • $3.75 million for the City of Seattle’s Third Avenue Revitalization 
  • $3 million for the City of Seattle’s Seattle Waterfront Elliott Bay Seawall Project, Phase 2
  • $4 million for the City of Shoreline’s Trail Along the Rail
  • $1.7 million for the Port of Seattle’s Pier 86 Grain Terminal Switcher Locomotive Replacement
  • $1 million for the Port of Seattle’s Seattle Waterfront Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment
  • $3 million for Sound Transit’s Link Reliability Improvements 
  • $5 million for Southwest Suburban Sewer District’s Sewer Rehabilitation Project, Phase One
  • $5 million for the University of Washington’s Cold Lab
  • $2 million for the University of Washington’s Critical Campus Building Access Fixes 
  • $281,000 for the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Evaluating Shoreline Restoration Effectiveness on Vashon and Maury Island 
  • $7 million for the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Seattle Ferry Terminal Shoreside Electrification 

In the FY24 budget, Jayapal secured $7,566,000 for affordable housing and emergency shelters, which is expected to build or renovate nearly 300 housing units throughout the district and maintain emergency shelter for 200 individuals. 

However, in the FY25 budget process, Republicans eliminated non-profits from eligibility for certain funding streams, disqualifying multiple previously eligible housing projects in WA-07. The FY25 cycle resulted in a full-year continuing resolution where no projects were funded. For FY26, House Republican Leadership has announced they will limit Democratic projects to 37 percent of total CPF spending despite the nearly 50-50 makeup of the House of Representatives. 

More detailed information on each of these projects can be found here. Since the reinstatement of CPF by the Democratic House leadership in the 117th Congress, Jayapal has secured $57,626,089 for 39 community projects in WA-07. The full lists from FY22 can be found here, FY23 here, and FY24 here.