Ben Miksch, Affordable Housing Policy and Advocacy Specialist

As some of you may have heard already, tomorrow I will be parting ways with the Housing Alliance and heading off in search of new adventures.

This was a decision that I made several months ago, and I have to say that it has was a very hard decision to make. My experience over the last four years here has been an incredible and transformative journey, and it's hard to imagine giving that up.

But I keep reminding myself that I'm not really leaving the Housing Alliance. Sure, starting on Friday I won't be an employee of the Housing Alliance. But the Housing Alliance isn't just an organization and its employees. The Housing Alliance exists to serve as a vanguard and a steward to the movement organized around ensuring that everyone in Washington has the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, affordable home that is part of a thriving community.

We're all part of the Housing Alliance, because we all own this movement together.

And I can't say enough about what a relief that is to me, because I would never want to say goodbye to the community that I've had the incredible good fortune to join through this work. You all are some of the most incredible people I've ever met, and the depth of the heart, courage, kindness, passion, dedication, and expertise that I've witnessed in this movement is staggering.

This is already going on too long, so let me close with this Harry Potter-style moving picture that really feels like a far better description of my experience here and of what I love most about our movement than I'll ever be able to put into words:

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Cheers,

--Ben Miksch

P.s. If you ever need to get ahold of me, you can always find me at twitter.com/Ben_Miksch.