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Apr 14

TAKE ACTION to tell your lawmakers that they should create a permanent funding source for affordable housing in Washington and approve the Affordable Homes Act. The bill will create an additional real estate excise tax on investment property sales: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/affordablehome

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Apr 13

Your lawmakers can still help ensure that Washington steps into the affordable housing crisis with a solution by passing HB 1628, the Affordable Homes Act. The bill is still alive and necessary to implement the budget. Write your lawmakers today! housingalliance.salsalabs.org/affordablehome #waleg

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Apr 12

Tell your lawmakers that they can still make this the year of affordable housing by passing HB 1628, the Affordable Homes Act. Share this video and take action: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/affordablehome #waleg

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End Homelessness

@naehomelessness

Apr 12

A disproportionate number of people experiencing homelessness are people of color. The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response is committed to working with communities to build a long-term equitable homelessness response system: buff.ly/3KQOCEs #HousingEquity

Apr 12

Thank you to everyone who advocated for the end to the repayment requirement for recipients of Aged, Blind, and Disabled cash assistance funds. HB 1260 just passed off the Senate floor on a 44-5 vote! #waleg

Heather Weiner

@hlweiner

Apr 11

Not shown: Realtors' 6% commission

@washrealtors

are spending $400k opposing this affordable housing funding b/c buyers & sellers might ask them to lower their commissions🙄 #waleg

Daniel Beekman #timeforchange

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@DBeekman

Apr 10

Backers of a bill that would hike taxes on real estate sales to fund low-income housing are prodding WA lawmakers to take action and ripping a biz group over a TV ad attacking the bill, which could raise billions of $ in the coming years. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p (w/ @vizscience)

Tacoma, Redmond mayors push back on 'misleading' realtors' ads

's Michele Thomas had two thoughts when she saw the ad: "One, that they're eating donuts with a fork," Thomas said. "Two, that it was just extremely misleading."

knkx.org

Political ads playing during local broadcasts, including during the NCAA tournament, have targeted a Democrat-proposed tax in the Washington state legislature.

Poverty Action

@povertyactionwa

Apr 5

Did you know that over 130,000 Washington households have already applied for the Working Families Tax Credit? Join us for a training and outreach event to learn more about the application process. When: April 11th, 4:30-6:00p.m. via zoom. Register at bit.ly/wftcreach

Apr 5

Thank you to everyone who took action to support moving HB 1260 out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The bill moved forward yesterday ahead of the cutoff and is now in Rules!

Apr 4

This is a perfect example of why Washington needs to pass HB 1628, the Affordable Homes Act. It provides a tangible path to close the gap in access to affordable and deeply affordable housing in our state. Urge your lawmakers to pass HB 1628: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/affordablehome

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Heather Weiner

@hlweiner

Apr 4

Lucky realtor's commission: $4.5 million Affordable housing fund: $3.75 million under HB 1628. Unless lobbyists for @washrealtors kill it. #waleg @WLIHA seattletimes.com/business/real-

Apr 3

TAKE ACTION - Urge your Senator and the Senate Ways and Means Committee to pass HB 1260 to remove the payback requirement for recipients of Aged, Blind, and Disabled cash assistance before tomorrow's cutoff: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/hb1260/index.h

We Are In

@WeAreInKingCo

Mar 31

Due to systemic racism and transphobia, women of color and trans women experience homelessness at higher rates than their white, cis peers. We need equitable access to safe, affordable housing. bit.ly/3ZSAEq6 #WomensHistoryMonth #TransDayOfVisibility

Rising rents push Seattle residents farther into suburbs

Mar 29

The Seattle Times offered a critical reminder yesterday that rising rents are forcing people to move and shifting pain and homelessness to the suburbs, while lawmakers have still not done anything to address rent stabilization: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h #waleg

seattletimes.com

South King County used to be where many people moved after being priced out of Seattle. Now, low-income residents are having to move again.

Mar 28

Take action today to ask Washington lawmakers to fully backfill funding gaps for homeless services. Without our efforts, service cuts will begin in July: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/backfillfundin

Regional Homelessness Authority - King County, WA

@KC_RHA

Mar 24

As rents increase, so does the risk of being forced out of a home for individuals relying on fixed incomes such as SSDI and SSI benefits. Via

@WSJ

wsj.com

Homelessness Rises Among Older People as Housing Costs Increase

A shortage of affordable housing, soaring rents and more are leading older Americans to homelessness

Mar 23

Planning is underway for the 2023 Conference on Ending Homelessness, which will be held virtually in October. We are seeking proposals for conference presentations right now, and would love to hear from you! Learn more: wliha.org/conference

Mar 21

Take a moment this morning to sign in PRO to support HB 1260 ahead of its hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Thursday. This bill would end the requirement that poor folks with disabilities pay back temporary cash benefits in the ABD program: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/

Mar 20

Please take action for affordable housing today by demanding that lawmakers pass the Affordable Homes Act: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/affordablehome This measure would create a new tax on large real estate transactions of $5 million or more to fund affordable housing.

Mar 17

The gap between the need for deeply affordable housing and access to that housing continues to grow in Washington. Our state needs to invest in affordable housing to address this need. Read more: wliha.org/blog/shortage-

Organizations across the state sent a letter today to lawmakers demanding bold investments to solve the affordable housing and homelessness crisis: wliha.org/blog/state-law #WALeg #affordablehousing

@RyanMelloPierceCounty

@RyanMelloPierc1

Mar 15

On Tuesday, 3/21 @ 3 PM the

@PierceCoCouncil

will consider 2022-81s which would approve an additional 1/10 1% sales tax (a penny on a $10 purchase) to generate $20M in annual #AffordableHousing funding. We need YOUR help! Take action in under 1 min, & help us spread the word🧵👇

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Regional Homelessness Authority - King County, WA

@KC_RHA

Mar 11

We know that homelessness is fundamentally a housing issue, and when neighborhoods don’t have affordable housing, there are certain life events and situations that dramatically increase vulnerability to losing your housing. 🧵

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When neighborhoods don't have enough affordable housing, more people are at risk of becoming unhoused.

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Balance Our Tax Code

@BalanceTaxCode

Mar 10

Mindy shared about living in a shelter with her son and only having to walk down the street to see the signs of wealth inequality. A wealth tax would fund affordable housing (amongst many other awesome things) so that everyone can have a place to call home. #WaLeg #FundOurFuture

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WA bills to address rent hikes fail to pass in Olympia

Mar 9

Thousands of tenants across Washington made their voices heard, and told lawmakers to do something about rent gouging during this session. The legislation didn’t make it through the cutoff yesterday, but the fight is not over. #waleg #rentstabilization

seattletimes.com

A bill to cap rent increases in Washington failed to pass before a key deadline Wednesday.

Skagit and other counties may close homeless shelters due to drop in mortgage fees

Mar 7

Without additional funding from the state, we could see a statewide reduction in homeless services this summer. KNKX digs into the issue: knkx.org/government/202 You can ask your lawmakers to backfill the funding to address this issue: housingalliance.salsalabs.org/boldinvestment #waleg

knkx.org

Cooling in the real estate market means less funds for homeless services, which in turn may leave many counties with holes in their homeless budgets.

Mar 6

Collective solidarity is making sure our communities can thrive. In every state in the nation, rent is rapidly rising and millions of families live just one paycheck away from losing their home. Housing stability is a must to ensure an abundant future for all of us.

Washington State Department of Commerce

Mar 4

We need more homes and to focus especially on building solutions for people at the lowest incomes. Housing is a basic human need. Let’s make it happen - and let’s take action right now to stabilize rents to keep people housed! rentfairness.org #rentstabilization

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@WAStateCommerce

Mar 3

ICYMI: Commerce has released the final housing needs projections, showing Washington needs to add 1.1 million homes over the next 20 years. More than half of the homes should to be affordable for residents at the lowest income levels. bit.ly/3mjS5RY

Constituents like you have an important voice when Congress is considering funding and other bills that will affect homelessness. If you’d like to hear about the most important legislative priorities...

End Homelessness

@naehomelessness

Mar 3

Take action to end homelessness! endhomelessness.org/act #NAEH2023

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Renters need limits placed to prevent gouging by landlords | HeraldNet.com

Mar 2

Pedro Alfaro shares why he supports #rentstabilization: ”The new park owners have raised our monthly rent five times from $650 to $775 to $860 to $925 and now to $970. That is $320 more per month, a rent hike of over 49 percent in four years.”

heraldnet.com

I own a manufactured home in the Twin Creeks manufactured housing Park. When I moved here in 2019 the monthly rent for space in the park was $650, including water, garbage and sewer. A few months...

Shewmake: We can deliver on affordable housing

Mar 2

Supply alone will not solve our housing crisis. Stabilization is the only solution that will make an immediate impact.

@DrShewmake

, commit to the whole package: #RentStabilization, Housing Trust Fund investments, and supply! cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/feb/ #WALeg

cascadiadaily.com

Time for citizen voices to be heard

Feb 28

Bellingham small landlord Michael Parker explains why rent stabilization is necessary to create stable communities and end homelessness in this op-ed: cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/feb/ Tell your lawmakers to support rent stabilization at rentfairness.org

Feb 24

Learn more about SHB 1389 moving forward out of the House Appropriations Committee today in our blog post: wliha.org/blog/bill-stop #RentStabilization

Rent Fairness in Washington Now

Feb 24

Thank you to everyone who took action to help move SHB 1389, the rent stabilization bill, forward out of the House Appropriations Committee today! Stable homes make stable and thriving neighborhoods! Keep building the movement:

rentfairness.org

It’s time to stabilize Washington’s rental rates. Join me and send a message to the #waleg to pass rent fairness now. https://rentfairness.org/ #rentfairness

Feb 24

HeraldNet agrees that a cap on rent prices can keep more people in their homes: heraldnet.com/opinion/editor It's time for everyone to have access to stable housing. Urge your lawmakers to move SHB 1389 forward at rentfairness.org

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Feb 21

Everyone in our state deserves stable housing. Sign in PRO today to help move Substitute House Bill 1389, the #RentStabilization bill sponsored by Rep. Ramel, forward through the House Appropriations Committee: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/

Rent Fairness in Washington Now

Feb 20

We deserve to feel safe in our communities. Without #RentStabilization, landlords are free to raise the rents however much they want. We must come together to ensure we can live in joy and love with our families without the worry of displacement.

rentfairness.org

It’s time to stabilize Washington’s rental rates. Join me and send a message to the #waleg to pass rent fairness now. https://rentfairness.org/ #rentfairness

Should rent be stabilized? Washington lawmakers hear the pros and cons

Feb 17

Should rent be stabilized? Yes! KUOW digs into the story today:

kuow.org

Supporters say the bills would guard against massive rent increases. Critics say the measures would suppress the production of new rentals at a time when the state is already hurting for housing.

Feb 16

Your voice can make a big difference today, especially if you live in the 42nd Legislative District or 49th Legislative District. Call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000 and urge a yes vote on SB 5435 before 7pm today! Learn more at rentfairness.org

Rent Fairness in Washington Now

Feb 16

Corporate and predatory Landlords are taking over our communities, raising rents and evicting us and our neighbors. Whether you rent an apartment or a single family home, we must take care of each other. Predatory models harm all of us. #RentStabilization

rentfairness.org

It’s time to stabilize Washington’s rental rates. Join me and send a message to the #waleg to pass rent fairness now. https://rentfairness.org/ #rentfairness