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...

Looking forward to our first substack live discussion with @elysian.press this afternoon about our campaign to fund the Seattle Social Housing Developer with an Excess Compensation Payroll Tax. substack.com/@ellegriffin...

In November 2022, 58% of Los Angeles voters, approved the United to House Los Angeles (ULA) ballot measure, commonly referred to as the “mansion tax,” to fund affordable and social housing. Hear from two of the organizers at our next Lunch and Learn! Register here: tinyurl.com/ULALAHON

This is what becoming a Social Housing Activator member is all about! Who will help us close our $1,500 fundraising goal by end of day tomorrow? www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...

Thank you to Social Justice Fund NW for inviting us to your grantee mixer! So wonderful to connect with other community orgs, and hear about their upcoming Giving Project for housing justice and tenant organizing!

We are looking forward to heading to the one and only Portland, OR (not war torn) for this conversation in just a few weeks with @councilorgreen.bsky.social @sarahana.bsky.social and @uniteoregon.bsky.social. RSVP and join us for a conversation of hope, solidarity and inspiration!

These guys just love losing. Yes--you Seattle Times Editorial Board. We are embarrassed for you. 🫥 www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

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...

What are the comp plan amendments that focus on climate that y'all wish we would adopt as a City? Asking for a friend...

Thank you to all who attended our Homegrown event last Thursday to kick off our Social Housing Activator Membership Drive! There's still time to become a Social Housing Activator and score a Housey planter or enamel pin! Join here: www.houseourneighbors.org/social-housi...

amazing how wealthy homeowners still get to veto massive swaths of the city for renters the entire urban village strategy is built on redlining, anti-renter, and anti-urban viewpoints. this is just so ridiculous.

Yes, we will Housey themed cookies at our Homegrown event this evening! We still have some tickets left! RSVP here tinyurl.com/HONhomegrown

Sara "I'm pro housing" Nelson is voting against the elimination of parking minimums in Seattle. Good to get her on the record I guess.