Affordable Housing 101: Why is it so dang hard?
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Presentation on advocacy and community engagement for May 15, 2019 Affordable Housing Week event "Affordable Housing 101: Why is it so dang hard?" The event was held in partnership with a coalition of Eastside providers and advocates, including King County Housing Authority, Attain Housing, Lifewire, The Sophia Way, and Tech 4 Housing, in a "head and heart" discussion to learn more about affordable housing in Eastside King County.
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- 1. Affordable Housing 101: Why is it so dang hard? Presented by: Attain Housing Imagine Housing LifeWire The Sophia Way Tech 4 Housing May 15th, 2019
- 2. Acknowledgments Our Storytellers Our Audience
- 3. Our Goals ● Define and understand what “affordable housing” means ● Identify challenges to affordable housing development and preservation ● Hear stories from people who have experienced needing affordable housing ● Understand how advocacy makes an impact and what you can do for affordable housing in your community
- 4. Evening Timeline 6:15 pm | King County Housing Authority Presentation 6:35 pm | Break out into small group discussions 6:55 pm | Rotate groups 7:15 pm | Rotate groups 7:40 pm | Come back together & group discussion 7:50 pm | Tech 4 Housing Presentation 8:00 pm | Wrap Up!
- 6. Tonight’s Takeaways What did you learn tonight?
- 8. What can you advocate for? King County needs 156,000 affordable homes right now! How can you make that happen?
- 9. Action #1: Increase public investments in affordable housing We can urge governments to use more funds for affordable housing, which often can get matched by other money, like the federal Low-Income Housing Tax credit. Governments collect taxes and spend money for the public good.
- 10. Action #2: Including affordable housing in new development We can also build affordable housing by requiring developers to build some affordable units in other housing projects they build.
- 11. Action #3: Support specific affordable housing projects Increase public support to build affordable housing helps us get more affordable housing in more places.
- 12. Who can you advocate to?
- 13. You can advocate at any level of government! ● You can send feedback to your state legislators online! Eastside Cities StateCounty
- 14. How can you advocate? ●Emails ●Letters ●Show up to public hearings ●Meet your elected officials
- 15. How can I get plugged in?
- 16. There are lots of groups that you can follow! ● As affordable housing advocates you can follow ○ Washington Low Income Housing Alliance ○ Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness ○ Housing Development Consortium ○ ARCH ● Read (and support!) your local newspapers ● Show up to events and find local groups ● Get a Twitter account, if you dare ☺
- 17. Calls to Action!
- 18. Get involved and make a difference! ●Attend a city council meeting ●Join or start a local group that advocates for affordable housing ●Sign up for the mailing lists for affordable housing advocacy groups ○Washington Low Income Housing Alliance ○Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness ○Housing Development Consortium ○ARCH ●Email your state legislators next session ●Don’t worry about being an expert ☺
- 19. Thank you for coming to learn, engage and participate in our conversation this evening!