Recent Updates
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.
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 25, 2025
Contact: Kristin Hyde, 206-491-0773, kristin@powerhouse-strategic.com
Advocates for affordable housing implore lawmakers to rethink compromise on rent stabilization
Emergence
Alouise Urness, Community and Member Organizer
Emergence
Alouise Urness, Community and Member Organizer
A healthy home also means access to the basics, like food
Guest Blogger: Linda Stone
Senior Food Policy Coordinator at the Children's Alliance
On November 1, more than 1.1 million low-income people in Washington experienced a reduction in their food assistance benefits, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps) expired. In this state, SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program.
A healthy home also means access to the basics, like food
Guest Blogger: Linda Stone
Senior Food Policy Coordinator at the Children's Alliance
On November 1, more than 1.1 million low-income people in Washington experienced a reduction in their food assistance benefits, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps) expired. In this state, SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program.
A healthy home also means access to the basics, like food
Guest Blogger: Linda Stone
Senior Food Policy Coordinator at the Children's Alliance
On November 1, more than 1.1 million low-income people in Washington experienced a reduction in their food assistance benefits, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps) expired. In this state, SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program.
A healthy home also means access to the basics, like food
Guest Blogger: Linda Stone
Senior Food Policy Coordinator at the Children's Alliance
On November 1, more than 1.1 million low-income people in Washington experienced a reduction in their food assistance benefits, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps) expired. In this state, SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program.
Ed Brooke: Saluting a housing champion
Guest Blogger: Nancy Amidei, Civic Engagement Project
Watching events unfold in D.C. in recent weeks with so much partisan rancor, conjured up memories of working in D.C. My boss, U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD), regularly worked across the aisle with Republican Senators - Bob Dole, Chuck Percy, Jacob Javits, and others. And he was not alone; there was a different approach to governing.
Housing Washington 2013
Rachael Myers, Executive Director
Housing Washington 2013
Rachael Myers, Executive Director
Housing Washington 2013
Rachael Myers, Executive Director