The Comprehensive Plan will decide if social housing can actually exist across our city--or stay blocked by outdated zoning.
We didn’t win just to stop here.
📣 Join us April 6 at City Hall, 12PM.
Let’s make social housing possible everywhere.
#Seattle #SocialHousing #CompPlan
illustration of "growing" dense social housing in a plantar box, with trees and a sign that says "social housing"
We need your help! We have a donor willing to match up to $5,000 in donations in April to fuel our comp plan work. HON is deeply invested in doing the leg work to translate the technical jargon into digestible pieces, and building the tools for you to jump into this work. See 🧵for ways to give:
The word is out - Housey will be at the our table at the Judkins park light rail celebration tomorrow! We'll be near the Hendrix stage, stop by and show Housey some love.
Green flyer with yellow and blue letter and an image of people holding up green housing. The flyer contains event info shared in this post.
Seattle needs to pass a bold comprehensive plan! Join us on Tuesday, March 31st at 6pm for a virtual training to learn how you can plug in with our efforts to make that happen.
Register at bit.ly/CompPlan2026
It happened ! HB 1687, was signed, sealed and delivered ! Thanks to @houseourneighbors.bsky.social & @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social !
A HON first! We passed our first bill ever at the state legislature, thanks to strong leadership from sponsor @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social and our many volunteers and supporters showing up to advocate. Let's build social housing...everywhere!
Event flyer with photo of author and book cover. Text: "Working and Homeless: A Conversation with Author Brian Goldstone. NPR’s best book of 2025, and one of the 10 best books of 2025 by The New York Times and The Atlantic. Tuesday, March 17, 12 - 1 pm Register for Zoom Link https://tinyurl.com/HONLLMar17
Join our next lunch & learn March 17 with author of There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, @brian-goldstone.bsky.social! We'll talk about the root causes leading to this current state, and how social housing is a tool to fight the status quo. Register: tinyurl.com/HONLLMar17
Event flyer with photo of guest speaker and text: Lunch and learn: Implementing Resident Governance. Guest speaker Saunatina Sanchez will share resources on resident governance, and lessons learned from her own experiences with implementation. Saunatina advocates for renters as a Board Member of Community Roots Housing, the affordable housing organization where she rents her home. As a member of the Transit Riders Union, she works at connecting the transportation, housing, and land use realms through coalition building with local and national organizations. Wednesday, Feb 25th 12 - 1 pm Register for Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/Feb25LL
Tomorrow! Register to join us at noon to talk all things resident governance! tinyurl.com/Feb25LL
Image of the annual report cover. Orange background with text: "Annual Report 2025. With multi-family buildings and a Housey graphic, and a photo of volunteers from Prop 1A
We're so proud to share our very first annual report! 2025 was the first year our organization pivoted from short-term campaigns to long-term organizing. We achieved a lot and are so thankful for everyone who has stayed plugged in beyond initiatives! www.houseourneighbors.org/annual-reports
hey housing folks - sign in pro for HB 1687, to include social housing PDA in WA's housing cooperation law (giving access to several benefits and exemptions)
senate housing committee hearing for this 10.30 am on wed. feb 18th
this is a big one folks, please boost!
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
"The city’s new social housing tax, levied on lofty pay packages to pay for public housing, was due Jan. 31. The startling news was that it blew the projections out of the water."👏
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Crowd reaction to Prop 1A raising $115 million in it's first year, more than double the initial estimate! @houseourneighbors.bsky.social
Event flyer: "First Annual: State of Social Housing. Tuesday February 10, Centilia Cultural Center, 6-7:30 pm. With Special Guest: Mayor Katie Wilson. *Happy hour with Mayor Wilson from 5-6 pm reserved for HON Social Housing Activator Members, separate invite to follow"
Update! Mayor Katie Wilson will be one of our guest speakers at our upcoming State of Social Housing. Tickets are going fast so make sure to register if you want to attend! tinyurl.com/stateofsocia...
Sign in PRO for SB 6201, which gives social housing the same property and excise tax exemptions that public housing authorities receive! This aligns with our primary bill, HB 1687, and we are looking forward to working with Seattle Social Housing to advocate for it. tinyurl.com/HONSB6201
Washington State is considering creating a public bank.
A hearing is scheduled for SB5754--a bill to create a public bank in Washington--for January 15th at 4:00 pm. Contact the Senate Ways and Means Committee today and let them know you support SB5754. app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...
Event flyer with graphics of Housey and social housing building. Text: "First annual: State of social housing. Tuesday February 10 Centilia Cultural Center 6-7:30 pm. Special Guest to be announced soon. Please RSVP!"
In Feb, it will be the 3 year anniversary of passing I-135 and 1 year since passing Prop 1A. Join us to commemorate these victories, get an update on the current state of social housing, and hear what's coming up in 2026. More details and registration: tinyurl.com/stateofsocia...
Event flyer with photo of Joe Mizrahi and text: "Lunch and learn: How Affordable & Social Housing Can save our Schools. Tuesday, December 9th, 12-1 pm. Register for Zoom link
Reminder to register for our lunch & learn next Tuesday with School Board Director Joe Mizrahi! Learn how our housing affordability crisis is hurting our schools and why social and affordable housing are essential to a thriving public school system. Register for zoom link: tinyurl.com/HONLLDec9
Photo of school in background, picture of Joe Mizrahi, logo of House Our Neighbors. Text: Lunch and Learn How Affordable and Social Housing Can Save Our Schools. Learn how our housing affordability crisis is hurting our schools and why social and affordable housing are essential to ensuring Seattle has a thriving public school system. with Joe Mizrahi, a Seattle School Board Director who currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of UFCW 3000, Washington’s largest local union, representing 60,000 frontline workers across grocery, healthcare, and retail sectors. Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/HJsv3Bf4RryfQHXi2_kYxg
Our next Lunch and Learn will focus on how affordable and social housing can save our schools. We will be joined by @joemiz.bsky.social. Tue, Dec 9th from 12-1pm. Register here zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Event flyer with photo of Rep Reed: Social Housing Activator Member Event Hear about HON’s state bill that Rep. Reed is championing as well as other housing priorities for this legislative session Tuesday Nov 11th 6-7:30 pm Pioneer Square (remote option available)
Become a Social Housing Activator and join our first event Nov 11 with @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social to talk about our social housing bill and other housing priorities coming up in this leg session! www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
Our grassroots PAC is working to help Katie Wilson beat Bruce Harrell. Please donate!
www.seattleforkatie.com
Options for welcome gift swag: enamel pin of Housey with a pot and "social housing" visor, or mini white planter with green Social Housing Activator logo
We're so close to meeting our goal of securing $25k in annual contributions since launching the Social Housing Activator membership program. Only $2k to go - if 7 people chip in $25/month we can do it! Join now and get one of these adorable welcome gifts www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
“Social housing will be very important to future growth of the CID, to bring more land into permanent public ownership and to make more units that working class people in the CID can afford...” said Chrissy Shimizu, ED for Puget Sound Sage. iexaminer.org/advocacy-acq...
Join these rad humans and become a Social Housing Activator today! Members pay what they can, starting at just $5 monthly, and unlock some amazing member perks and events. Learn more and join: www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
We are proud to hold our Homegrown: A Night for Social Housing Event at the Centilia Cultural Center at El Centro de la Raza. Centilia is a popular term in the Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan) language meaning “to join together, to become one.”
Sept 18th from 6-8:30pm! RSVP today tinyurl.com/HONhomegrown
Do you live in Ravenna or Roosevelt? Sign on to this letter opposing comprehensive plan amendment #40, which shrinks the Ravenna neighborhood center. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A new ST article details what every renter in Seattle already knows - the rent is too damn high.
www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
Event flyer featuring photos of City Attorney, D2 Council, and Mayoral Candidates. Event details: Yes And The Vote - A Candidate Forum and Comedy Show Thursday July 10, Doors 6:30 PM, First Baptist Churcth 1111 Harvard Ave, 21+
We're co-hosting this fabulous candidate forum Thursday. Did you RSVP yet? partiful.com/e/LRMiJBSatk...
Text: We are hiring, organizer, apply by June 25 Dark green triangles, red lines, white HON logo Image of housey with social housing banner
We are hiring! Looking for an organizer to help us advance social housing. Please share far and wide. www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...
