Recent Updates
With the passage of HB 1217, many renters and manufactured homeowners in Washington are now protected from rent gouging. Want to learn more? Join the Housing Alliance for two training sessions that will go deep into the ins and outs of the new law.
Lawyers will discuss who is covered, additional protections included in HB 1217, and how to enforce your new rights. These trainings are free and open to renters, manufactured homeowners, service providers, and advocates. Both sessions will have simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.
Please register in advance:
On the last day of session -- sine die -- the House and Senate both passed the final version of the rent stabilization bill! While not everything we wanted, this will provide predictability and protection from rent gouging for tenants all across Washington. Passage of this bill represents an important step forward, toward housing justice, and gives us a strong foundation to further improve tenant protections in the future.
Dear friends and colleagues,
With love, laughter, and a shared determination to carry her work forward, we remember our friend, teacher, and mentor Nancy Amidei, who died earlier this month at her home.
Emerging Advocates Program: emerging and...expanding!
Andrea Marcos, Administrative Assistant
“We must also broaden our conception of what it means to be creative. At its best, one of the most creative activities is being involved in a struggle with other people, breaking out of our isolation, seeing our relations with others change, discovering new dimensions in our lives."
Tomas Villanueva, advocate, activist, and champion for farmworkers
Brien Thane, Housing Alliance Co-founder
Tomas Villanueva, advocate, activist, and champion for farmworkers
Brien Thane, Housing Alliance Co-founder
Tomas Villanueva, advocate, activist, and champion for farmworkers
Brien Thane, Housing Alliance Co-founder
Reflections on the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness
Kirk McClain, Advocate
I received a grant from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance that enabled me to attend the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness in Yakima, Washington. As a homeless person, I did not have the financial resources to attend on my own. So I was very excited when I received the acceptance email from the Housing Alliance.
Reflections on the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness
Kirk McClain, Advocate
I received a grant from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance that enabled me to attend the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness in Yakima, Washington. As a homeless person, I did not have the financial resources to attend on my own. So I was very excited when I received the acceptance email from the Housing Alliance.
Reflections on the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness
Kirk McClain, Advocate
I received a grant from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance that enabled me to attend the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness in Yakima, Washington. As a homeless person, I did not have the financial resources to attend on my own. So I was very excited when I received the acceptance email from the Housing Alliance.
Reflections on the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness
Kirk McClain, Advocate
I received a grant from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance that enabled me to attend the 2014 Conference on Ending Homelessness in Yakima, Washington. As a homeless person, I did not have the financial resources to attend on my own. So I was very excited when I received the acceptance email from the Housing Alliance.
Senator Patty Murray Tells Success Stories of Washington State Constituents Helped by Housing Alliance
Below is the full text of the speech Senator Patty Murray gave at our recent "Bringing Washington Home" Advocacy Awards Celebration that took place on Tuesday, May 27 in Seattle.
I’m honored to be here to take part in your awards celebration. Your organization has so much to be proud of.
Senator Patty Murray Tells Success Stories of Washington State Constituents Helped by Housing Alliance
Below is the full text of the speech Senator Patty Murray gave at our recent "Bringing Washington Home" Advocacy Awards Celebration that took place on Tuesday, May 27 in Seattle.
I’m honored to be here to take part in your awards celebration. Your organization has so much to be proud of.