Housing Justice Working Group, Author at Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

October 18, 2024

Seattle DSA Will Always Stand with Social Housing

5.4 minute read

Seattle DSA Housing Justice Working Group statement written by Tom Barnard

On September 19th, the Seattle City Council finally unveiled its alternative to I-137 after refusing to act earlier to put it on the November ballot.

June 5, 2024

by Housing Justice Working Group

The Capitalist Housing Market has Failed Us

6.1 minute read

Let’s Build a Publicly Owned Alternative: Support I-137 Building publicly owned, democratically controlled high quality and green housing is the way out of the crisis of affordability and homelessness, for … Read more

Category Actions / Local Politics |

February 16, 2024

by Housing Justice Working Group

Let’s Endorse House Our Neighbors Initiative to Fund Social Housing (I-137)

6.1 minute read

This piece is intended as the formal motivation for the resolution: Endorse House Our Neighbors Initiative to Fund Social Housing (I-137)

Category Chapter Voting Items / Editorial / Endorsements / Housing / Local Politics / Politics, Commentary / Politics, Current Events | Tagged de-commodification, endorsements, funding, HON, House Our Neighbors, housing, housing crisis, rent, renters, seattle, social housing, tenant rights |