Ryan Donohue
@rpdonohue.bsky.social
He/Him/His - Chief Advocacy Officer at Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties - Housing abundance advocate - San Fransisco Giants fan
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Ryan Donohue
@rpdonohue.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hello all and welcome!
If you’re following me, expect pro-housing, pro-urbanist, Pro-Habitat for Humanity takes from one of the most unique Habitat affiliates across the country.
We work to build a world where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home. Let’s get to work!
If you’re following me, expect pro-housing, pro-urbanist, Pro-Habitat for Humanity takes from one of the most unique Habitat affiliates across the country.
We work to build a world where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home. Let’s get to work!
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
You’re darn right we can!!!
Our local Habitat for Humanity is building ownership flats for folks making 80% AMI. We could use way more of those, and now thousands of parcels are in the mix!
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
You’re darn right we can!!!
I keep seeing screenshots of tweets from a “Decision Desk HQ.” Does anyone know who they are? I genuinely don’t. Before people trust that source, we should know where/who this is coming from.
Seriously, if you know, please tell me… #elections2025 #decision2025
Seriously, if you know, please tell me… #elections2025 #decision2025
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I keep seeing screenshots of tweets from a “Decision Desk HQ.” Does anyone know who they are? I genuinely don’t. Before people trust that source, we should know where/who this is coming from.
Seriously, if you know, please tell me… #elections2025 #decision2025
Seriously, if you know, please tell me… #elections2025 #decision2025
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October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m going for the babka!
Today was Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties Halloween bowling party - decided to run a test to see how many of our staff was Seattle Meme literate… #thisishalloween #hotratsummer #seattle
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today was Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties Halloween bowling party - decided to run a test to see how many of our staff was Seattle Meme literate… #thisishalloween #hotratsummer #seattle
Love being able to start my day with a Habitat site tour! Thanks for coming out to our Miller’s Creek project in Burien Rep Osman Salahuddin! #WALeg
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Love being able to start my day with a Habitat site tour! Thanks for coming out to our Miller’s Creek project in Burien Rep Osman Salahuddin! #WALeg
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most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
At Imagine Housing’s affordable housing gathering with a good panel of Eastside mayors. Thanks to Mayors Robinson (Bellevue), Thompson (Bothell), Curtis (Kirkland), Herbig (Kenmore), and Pauly (Issaquah). Also thanks to CM Balducci for leading us in the conversation! #eastside #housing
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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NEW // Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum
By Carolyn Bick
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/p...
By Carolyn Bick
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/p...
Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum » The Urbanist
# At an October 8th forum, urbanist-backed Kirkland City Council candidates discussed housing solutions, but none of their opponents showed, clearly ceding housing leadership in the four races. Here's...
www.theurbanist.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
NEW // Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum
By Carolyn Bick
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/p...
By Carolyn Bick
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/p...
Well y’all heard her. Time to win it all @mariners.com!
Might as well go win the whole thing #mariners
October 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Well y’all heard her. Time to win it all @mariners.com!
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We need to make it easier to build, yes - but we cant do it off the backs of affordable housing. We need both and vilifying MHA doesnt make more housing happen, it just hurts affordable housing! Thanks to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing me!
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
Mandatory housing affordability fees aren't sole barrier to homebuilding | Op-Ed
Thanks to MHA and the Seattle Housing Levy, Seattle is now one of the best places for us to build affordable homes across King County.
www.seattletimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We need to make it easier to build, yes - but we cant do it off the backs of affordable housing. We need both and vilifying MHA doesnt make more housing happen, it just hurts affordable housing! Thanks to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing me!
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
We need to make it easier to build, yes - but we cant do it off the backs of affordable housing. We need both and vilifying MHA doesnt make more housing happen, it just hurts affordable housing! Thanks to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing me!
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
Mandatory housing affordability fees aren't sole barrier to homebuilding | Op-Ed
Thanks to MHA and the Seattle Housing Levy, Seattle is now one of the best places for us to build affordable homes across King County.
www.seattletimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We need to make it easier to build, yes - but we cant do it off the backs of affordable housing. We need both and vilifying MHA doesnt make more housing happen, it just hurts affordable housing! Thanks to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing me!
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mand...
At the Rainier Ave Radio Mayoral debate with Mayor Harrell and Katie Wilson! It’s a spicy one! Check it out on their website/youtube/FB/ect at 715pm today!
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
At the Rainier Ave Radio Mayoral debate with Mayor Harrell and Katie Wilson! It’s a spicy one! Check it out on their website/youtube/FB/ect at 715pm today!
Reposted by Ryan Donohue
It's been so much fun to watch all of the neighborhood groups who vociferously opposed House Bill 1110 in 2023 turning around and opposing local proposals as "contradicting the intent" of the state law, when there's nothing in the law that prevents the state's largest city from going further.
September 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's been so much fun to watch all of the neighborhood groups who vociferously opposed House Bill 1110 in 2023 turning around and opposing local proposals as "contradicting the intent" of the state law, when there's nothing in the law that prevents the state's largest city from going further.
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If you disagree that folks like the Queen Anne Community Council should have the final word on whether neighborhoods are allowed to have more homes, let council know: actionnetwork.org/letters/walk...
September 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
If you disagree that folks like the Queen Anne Community Council should have the final word on whether neighborhoods are allowed to have more homes, let council know: actionnetwork.org/letters/walk...
Living my best emo life at The Offspring, New Found Glory and (most importantly) Jimmy Eat World concert! #exploreyourworld
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Living my best emo life at The Offspring, New Found Glory and (most importantly) Jimmy Eat World concert! #exploreyourworld
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It would be incredibly funny if the Rockies swept the Padres this weekend.
September 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It would be incredibly funny if the Rockies swept the Padres this weekend.
Reposted by Ryan Donohue
NEW // King County Restructures School Impact Fees to Comply with State Law
By Doug Trumm
🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/28/k...
By Doug Trumm
🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/28/k...
King County Restructures School Impact Fees to Comply with State Law » The Urbanist
# King County is capping school impact fees on multifamily projects, hoping to lessen the burden on homebuilders. The move sparked a debate on how to help overcapacity school districts while avoid und...
www.theurbanist.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NEW // King County Restructures School Impact Fees to Comply with State Law
By Doug Trumm
🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/28/k...
By Doug Trumm
🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/28/k...
At the Hozier concert - thank you to Sound Transit for being the DD tonight!
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
At the Hozier concert - thank you to Sound Transit for being the DD tonight!
Join us and tell the council to adopt our suggested amendments and help make Seattle a batter place to call home!
Join us at Habitat Seattle in calling on the Seattle City Council to adopt six key amendments to improve the comprehensive plan so we can help make Seattle a place where everyone can call home! #SeaCompPlan #SeaGov
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
Let the City of Seattle know: we need an Abundant One Seattle Plan!
The City of Seattle has the opportunity to tackle this housing crisis head on and we need your voice to make it happen!
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Join us and tell the council to adopt our suggested amendments and help make Seattle a batter place to call home!
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A confluence of new state and city policy changes could pave the way for an underutilized downtown parcel to transform into dozens of homes.
The only catch? It has to pass through the city's landmarks preservation board.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/07/d...
The only catch? It has to pass through the city's landmarks preservation board.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/07/d...
Downtown Mass-Timber Tower Project Meets Resistance at Seattle Landmark Board » The Urbanist
# Clark/Barnes architects want to transform a landmarked office building at Second Avenue and Pine Street into housing, adding 12 additional stories of mass timber construction to accommodate more hom...
www.theurbanist.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A confluence of new state and city policy changes could pave the way for an underutilized downtown parcel to transform into dozens of homes.
The only catch? It has to pass through the city's landmarks preservation board.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/07/d...
The only catch? It has to pass through the city's landmarks preservation board.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/07/d...
Pretty sure this would kill housing production of all kinds - including affordable housing. Disappointing to see this proposal from CM Rivera and hope that she (and the rest of council) withdraws this ill-advised amendment.
Maritza Rivera proposed an amendment to the comprehensive plan that would allow the city to require builders to go back and create new site plans if ANY tree, including the tiniest sapling, would have to be removed because of the proposed site plan.
August 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Pretty sure this would kill housing production of all kinds - including affordable housing. Disappointing to see this proposal from CM Rivera and hope that she (and the rest of council) withdraws this ill-advised amendment.
Join us at Habitat Seattle in calling on the Seattle City Council to adopt six key amendments to improve the comprehensive plan so we can help make Seattle a place where everyone can call home! #SeaCompPlan #SeaGov
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
Let the City of Seattle know: we need an Abundant One Seattle Plan!
The City of Seattle has the opportunity to tackle this housing crisis head on and we need your voice to make it happen!
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us
August 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join us at Habitat Seattle in calling on the Seattle City Council to adopt six key amendments to improve the comprehensive plan so we can help make Seattle a place where everyone can call home! #SeaCompPlan #SeaGov
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
habitatforhumanityseattle.quorum.us/campaign/135...
Ryan is right - Seattle summers are always winners.
July 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Ryan is right - Seattle summers are always winners.