House Our Neighbors
@houseourneighbors.bsky.social
Seattle Voted Yes on Prop 1A (aka I-137) to fund social housing! Seattle voted Yes on I-135 🗳️ | Advocating for Social Housing 🏘️ better land use & climate action.
Giving Tuesday Option 3: Workplace giving! Did you know many employers, including Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Docusign, Gates Foundation, will match employee donations to nonprofits, allowing you to double your impact? Just look up House Our Neighbors Education Fund in your system!
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Giving Tuesday Option 3: Workplace giving! Did you know many employers, including Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Docusign, Gates Foundation, will match employee donations to nonprofits, allowing you to double your impact? Just look up House Our Neighbors Education Fund in your system!
Giving Tuesday option 2: Make a year-end gift to our 501(c)(4), and support volunteers during our Lobby Day on January 19. We will bring community members to Olympia to meet directly with legislators about our bill, HB 1687. givebutter.com/donateHON
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Giving Tuesday option 2: Make a year-end gift to our 501(c)(4), and support volunteers during our Lobby Day on January 19. We will bring community members to Olympia to meet directly with legislators about our bill, HB 1687. givebutter.com/donateHON
This Giving Tuesday, we will be sharing 3 ways throughout the day to support the social housing movement!
Option 1: It starts with $5! Become a Social Housing Activator member to sustain the wins we have achieved together and join an engaged community. www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
Option 1: It starts with $5! Become a Social Housing Activator member to sustain the wins we have achieved together and join an engaged community. www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This Giving Tuesday, we will be sharing 3 ways throughout the day to support the social housing movement!
Option 1: It starts with $5! Become a Social Housing Activator member to sustain the wins we have achieved together and join an engaged community. www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
Option 1: It starts with $5! Become a Social Housing Activator member to sustain the wins we have achieved together and join an engaged community. www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...
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Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Don't forget to register for our last lunch and learn of 2025 with @joemiz.bsky.social! Register here
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November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Don't forget to register for our last lunch and learn of 2025 with @joemiz.bsky.social! Register here
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Life comes at you fast.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Life comes at you fast.
HON is honored that our Co-ED @tiffanimc.bsky.social is one of the transition co-chair for Mayor-Elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! This is the result of our collective organizing for four years, pushing for social housing when so many believed it wasn't possible. 💕
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
HON is honored that our Co-ED @tiffanimc.bsky.social is one of the transition co-chair for Mayor-Elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! This is the result of our collective organizing for four years, pushing for social housing when so many believed it wasn't possible. 💕
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...
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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...
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Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance?
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance?
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
100 people registered so far! Will you join us tomorrow to dive into the laws that created our system of hyper-commodified housing? Register: tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
100 people registered so far! Will you join us tomorrow to dive into the laws that created our system of hyper-commodified housing? Register: tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
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When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors – it’s not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Let’s keep it going!
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors – it’s not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Let’s keep it going!
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The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition is organizing a protest this Friday at the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Headquarters. which is considering allowing unlimited tire burning in the Duwamish Valley. Read more: www.drcc.org/clean-air-pr...
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition is organizing a protest this Friday at the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Headquarters. which is considering allowing unlimited tire burning in the Duwamish Valley. Read more: www.drcc.org/clean-air-pr...
Work at Google or have friends who do? All employees get $400 to give to their favorite orgs through Nov 21! If you appreciate HON's work please consider us and encourage friends to. Here's the link to our internal matching fund page: google.benevity.org/campaigns/27...
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Work at Google or have friends who do? All employees get $400 to give to their favorite orgs through Nov 21! If you appreciate HON's work please consider us and encourage friends to. Here's the link to our internal matching fund page: google.benevity.org/campaigns/27...
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Hard agree
I don’t know that Seattle understands how lucky we are to have the urban design and land-use policy thinktank that is Mike Eliason, and also to have him on the Social Housing Developer
i am cleaning up files and ran across my public comment on the comprehensive plan EIS scoping report (from 2022!), and man...
i cannot express what a massively wasted opportunity and exercise harrell's comp plan update has been.
i cannot express what a massively wasted opportunity and exercise harrell's comp plan update has been.
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hard agree
Less than a week to go before our Nov Lunch & Learn, where we dive into one of the root causes of the housing crisis: commodification. Register for the zoom link! tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Less than a week to go before our Nov Lunch & Learn, where we dive into one of the root causes of the housing crisis: commodification. Register for the zoom link! tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
Join us next Tuesday at 5pm for a happy hour at Lottie's Lounge, a Prop 1A endorser!
We'll be talking about what the November election results mean for social housing and how everyone can get plugged in for our state campaign to pass HB 1687.
See you there!
We'll be talking about what the November election results mean for social housing and how everyone can get plugged in for our state campaign to pass HB 1687.
See you there!
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join us next Tuesday at 5pm for a happy hour at Lottie's Lounge, a Prop 1A endorser!
We'll be talking about what the November election results mean for social housing and how everyone can get plugged in for our state campaign to pass HB 1687.
See you there!
We'll be talking about what the November election results mean for social housing and how everyone can get plugged in for our state campaign to pass HB 1687.
See you there!
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You can't end homelessness without housing.
Portland's Mayor removed the expert leading us toward proven solutions (social housing = what works in Vienna).
The City Council voted unanimously for this work. Our community deserves better.
Take Action: tinyurl.com/5acu63bj
Portland's Mayor removed the expert leading us toward proven solutions (social housing = what works in Vienna).
The City Council voted unanimously for this work. Our community deserves better.
Take Action: tinyurl.com/5acu63bj
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You can't end homelessness without housing.
Portland's Mayor removed the expert leading us toward proven solutions (social housing = what works in Vienna).
The City Council voted unanimously for this work. Our community deserves better.
Take Action: tinyurl.com/5acu63bj
Portland's Mayor removed the expert leading us toward proven solutions (social housing = what works in Vienna).
The City Council voted unanimously for this work. Our community deserves better.
Take Action: tinyurl.com/5acu63bj
Coming up November 19: grab your lunch and join us on zoom for The Law Behind the Hyper-Commodification of Housing. There's a lot of interest in this one and you'll be in good company! Register: tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Coming up November 19: grab your lunch and join us on zoom for The Law Behind the Hyper-Commodification of Housing. There's a lot of interest in this one and you'll be in good company! Register: tinyurl.com/HONLLNov
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We are excited to join the Seattle Human Rights Commission and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social for a film screening and panel discussion of 'Evicting the American Dream' tomorrow, Fri. Nov. 7th from 7-8:30pm!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We are excited to join the Seattle Human Rights Commission and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social for a film screening and panel discussion of 'Evicting the American Dream' tomorrow, Fri. Nov. 7th from 7-8:30pm!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...
Today is the last day to VOTE! Ballots are due by 8 pm sharp. Get your ballot in, call your friends and ask if they've turned in their ballot. Ask if they need help locating their nearest ballot drop box!
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November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today is the last day to VOTE! Ballots are due by 8 pm sharp. Get your ballot in, call your friends and ask if they've turned in their ballot. Ask if they need help locating their nearest ballot drop box!
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Tomorrow is the final day to cast your vote. We strongly encourage you to place your ballot in a drop box to ensure your vote counts. Vote and then reach out to 5 friends to encourage them to vote (and drop their ballot in a drop box!)
You can find a drop box here kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can find a drop box here kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tomorrow is the final day to cast your vote. We strongly encourage you to place your ballot in a drop box to ensure your vote counts. Vote and then reach out to 5 friends to encourage them to vote (and drop their ballot in a drop box!)
You can find a drop box here kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can find a drop box here kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
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This is why @houseourneighbors.bsky.social created the Seattle Social Housing Developer with a legal requirement for all units to be owned by the public in perpetuity and permanently affordable for all residents.
Since the LIHTC program was created in 1986, the number of LIHTC units has risen every year as the program has become the major generator of affordable housing in the US.
Because of affordability expiration, however, the number of LIHTC units is expected to begin falling over the next decade.
Because of affordability expiration, however, the number of LIHTC units is expected to begin falling over the next decade.
Expirations and early exits of LIHTC units: Implications for the affordable housing stock - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is the nation’s largest source of financing for the development and preservation of affordable rental housing. The program provides tax credits to developers ...
www.chicagofed.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is why @houseourneighbors.bsky.social created the Seattle Social Housing Developer with a legal requirement for all units to be owned by the public in perpetuity and permanently affordable for all residents.
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...
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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...
Less than a week to cast your vote! Get those ballots turned in, preferably at a drop box. The federal shutdown is affecting postal delivery! Please vote and then help 5 friends to vote! You can find your nearest drop box here. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Less than a week to cast your vote! Get those ballots turned in, preferably at a drop box. The federal shutdown is affecting postal delivery! Please vote and then help 5 friends to vote! You can find your nearest drop box here. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...