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...

"We now live w/a chronic housing shortage & associated affordability crisis, w/an unjustifiable share of national income being directed into the pockets of rentier landlords, a boom & bust cycle of housing investment that drives recessions across the entire economy..." jacobin.com/2025/12/amer...

Check out our new video recapping where we've been and where we're going. If you can donate $10, $25, $100 before the end of the year - every little bit helps to meet our fundraising goals for 2025! www.houseourneighbors.org/donate youtu.be/ekcHa-ecWRs

Honored to be highlighted in the top 10 Inequality Victories of 2025. "voters passed a ballot measure in February to tax excessive executive compensation to fund affordable housing... The measure passed by a 26-point margin, despite a well-funded opposition campaign." inequality.org/article/10-i...

Affordable Talaris, a Share The Cities working group, has been demanding change at the Talaris parcel in Laurelhurst to build different & more affordable housing alongside trees, wetland, and a future daylit creek. We are heartened by the news that this parcel may have a different future!

Thank you to CM Kettle for putting forward Amendment F to support social housing in the City Council's Legislative Agenda 🤩

Wonderful Sara! Thanks so much for being a social housing activator.

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

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

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...

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):

Don't forget to register for our last lunch and learn of 2025 with @joemiz.bsky.social! Register here zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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. 💕

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...

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!

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

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!

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...

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.

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

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!

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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We are co-hosting a panel and film screening of "Evicting the American Dream" with the Seattle Human Rights Commission on Friday, November 7th from 7-9pm at Kakao (415 Westlake Ave N). RSVP below! www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...

Ballots are out! We encourage you to drop your ballot in a drop box to ensure your vote is counted in time. Thank you to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social, @alexis4seattle.bsky.social, @edclin.bsky.social & Dionne Foster for talking with HON about social housing! Go vote, and then get 5 friends to vote!

Our next Lunch and Learn will focus on the hyper-commodification of housing! Learn how legal and political decisions have enabled the financialization of housing and shaped today’s housing crisis. Join us on Zoom Wed, Nov 19th from 12-1. Register here zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It's our first Social Housing Activator member event! We welcome @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social to chat about how to champion housing and social housing in the upcoming legislative session. If you've been putting off becoming a member now's the time! tinyurl.com/HONactivator

Today! Register here zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Tomorrow! Grab your lunch and come hear about the Los Angeles campaign to pass a mansion tax to fund social and affordable housing. Register here for zoom details zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Who wants to go on a walking adventure with social housing besties? Weather is looking pretty good for Sunday - join us for the 10 mile Fall Frolic! Sign up for the group chat: tinyurl.com/fallfrolicHON

Curious what we've been up to? A lot! We've been running (or fighting) ballot initiatives since our inception as a coalition in 2021. Now, we are putting our energy into changing exclusionary land use codes, a state bill, sharing our vision with multiple cities and holding the City accountable!

We're at the King County Employee Giving nonprofit expo at King Street Center. Stop by anytime before 1:30 and say hi if you are a KC employee!

The Seattle Social Housing Developer is hiring for two positions. Please share with your networks. www.socialhousingseattle.org/careers

Calling all of our social housing freaks! We're hosting a spooky volunteer potluck next Wednesday, 10/22, and we'd love to see you there! We'll be celebrating wins in the comp plan with food and games, plus looking ahead to our state campaign and more comp plan advocacy. Come through!

Such an inspiring and enriching conversation last night with @sarahana.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, @uniteoregon.bsky.social. Thanks @publicgrids.org for lifting up our social housing vision. Don’t give up hope. We have a world to win!

We're gathering an informal group of social housing enthusiasts for the 10 mile Fall Frolic on Oct 19 with Seattle Super Saunter! Join for the whole thing or just a portion. See our sign up form for more info and to get day-of updates: tinyurl.com/fallfrolicHON

Totally agree. Fills our cup!

Thank you @veganpattyy.bsky.social for capturing wonderful moments from Homegrown! (More in the thread). Social Housing Activator members: save the date Nov 11 for a leg session preview with Rep. Julia Reed. Become a member to get the invite! www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...

Join us tonight for our Intro to State Advocacy session! We'll be talking about our legislation, going over the basics of the stste legislature, and getting folks plugged in to help us pass this bill! We'll be on zoom from 6-7pm, register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...