The Week in Housing Advocacy
Joaquin Uy, Communications Coordinator
The Week in Housing Advocacy
Michele Thomas, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Ben Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
Olympia was, if anything, even more frenetic than last week. Packed hearings spilled out into hallways, where advocates laid in wait hoping to snatch a moment of time with a legislator heading back to their office.
Fiscal Cliffageddon (again)
Benjamin Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
The Week in Housing Advocacy
Michele Thomas, Director of Policy and Advocacy
Activity in Olympia heated up this week with a lot of new bills introduced and with hearings and lobby days that drew massive crowds. The halls were once again packed, and people from all walks of life sat in hearing rooms and testified on bills that touch on an incredibly diverse set of issues.
Zoning Matters
Guest Blogger: Emily Alvarado, Policy Director with Housing Development Consortium Seattle/King County (HDC)
The One Night Count and Beyond
Sakara Remmu, Outreach and Mobilization Manager
There is a strong Pacific Northwest drizzle in the air, and Kent is quiet. It’s one o’clock in the morning on what would otherwise be a typical Friday. Except, this is anything but typical. Tonight was the One Night Count.
The Week in Housing Advocacy
Michele Thomas, Director of Policy and Advocacy
This year’s legislative session has gotten off to a slower, but perhaps more thoughtful, start. Many members of the legislature are new and many of the staff members, both partisan and nonpartisan, are new as well. The Governor’s Office is still hiring their lead staff and everything is taking longer than usual to settle.
"Homelessness can happen to anybody."
In today's House Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs Committee Work Session, single mother and veteran Mindy Woods gave an eye-opening testimony of her experience with homelessness in Lynnwood, Washington. The full transcript of her testimony and more information after the jump.
Session Starts with a Bang
Ben Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
Monday was the first day of the 2013 Legislative Session in Olympia, and if it was any preview we're off to a very interesting session. |
The Cost of a Two-Month Sequestration Delay
Ben Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
Now that some time has passed since the fiscal cliff deal, I thought it’d be useful to talk a little bit about some of the more technical provisions of the agreement, which it turns out have pretty big implications for affordable housing. |