Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
@wahousingalliance.bsky.social
We change public policy so that people in Washington of all races, ethnicities, abilities, genders, and identities can live in safe, healthy homes they can afford.
Learn more at: https://wliha.org
Learn more at: https://wliha.org
Housing Alliance member and executive director of Justice Housing Yakima Jennifer Schlenske speaks to the media alongside Attorney General Nick Brown today as the AG filed suit over HUD policy that would put more people in Washington into homelessness. Learn more: www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Housing Alliance member and executive director of Justice Housing Yakima Jennifer Schlenske speaks to the media alongside Attorney General Nick Brown today as the AG filed suit over HUD policy that would put more people in Washington into homelessness. Learn more: www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
We can’t wait to advocate with you at Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day in Olympia on Jan. 26! Register today, and mark your calendar! secure.everyaction.com/n_EiceYCnUa-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We can’t wait to advocate with you at Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day in Olympia on Jan. 26! Register today, and mark your calendar! secure.everyaction.com/n_EiceYCnUa-...
Have you voted yet? There is still time to fill out your ballot and make your vote count. Just be sure to use a drop box to deposit your vote before 8pm on Nov. 4!
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Have you voted yet? There is still time to fill out your ballot and make your vote count. Just be sure to use a drop box to deposit your vote before 8pm on Nov. 4!
Read an excellent commentary piece by our friends at the Northwest Justice Project about the disparity in rights between homeowners and renters that published over the weekend on HeraldNet: www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Disparity in rights of home owners vs. renters | HeraldNet.com
A guilty verdict against a landlord was the exception to the rule for a renter locked out of his home.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Read an excellent commentary piece by our friends at the Northwest Justice Project about the disparity in rights between homeowners and renters that published over the weekend on HeraldNet: www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
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It's true for housing, but also every other major issue people care about: with MAGA Republicans gutting all funding to our state, #WALeg rebalancing our upside-down state tax code will be necessary to make any progress in reducing homelessness, bringing down costs, or funding childcare & education.
WA Legislature’s housing leaders outline vision for 2026 • Washington State Standard
Permanent supportive housing, eviction workarounds and financing for rural homes are among the topics Washington lawmakers may soon discuss.
washingtonstatestandard.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's true for housing, but also every other major issue people care about: with MAGA Republicans gutting all funding to our state, #WALeg rebalancing our upside-down state tax code will be necessary to make any progress in reducing homelessness, bringing down costs, or funding childcare & education.
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"As any parent who has shopped for school supplies this year understands, the cost of binders, backpacks and everything in between is going up."
When the MAGA GOP cuts our health care and food assistance, it's up to #WALeg Dems to make big corporations pay what they owe to support working families.
When the MAGA GOP cuts our health care and food assistance, it's up to #WALeg Dems to make big corporations pay what they owe to support working families.
Comment: State’s tax code needs rewrite for fair share | HeraldNet.com
With deep cuts to state services, reform is needed so the wealthy and corporations pay what they owe.
www.heraldnet.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"As any parent who has shopped for school supplies this year understands, the cost of binders, backpacks and everything in between is going up."
When the MAGA GOP cuts our health care and food assistance, it's up to #WALeg Dems to make big corporations pay what they owe to support working families.
When the MAGA GOP cuts our health care and food assistance, it's up to #WALeg Dems to make big corporations pay what they owe to support working families.
This summer and fall, the Housing Alliance is hitting the road (and Zoom!) to connect with people across Washington.
Join us to help set the direction for our work in the years ahead. Register for a forum near you: wliha.org/advocacy/2025CommunityForums
Join us to help set the direction for our work in the years ahead. Register for a forum near you: wliha.org/advocacy/2025CommunityForums
August 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This summer and fall, the Housing Alliance is hitting the road (and Zoom!) to connect with people across Washington.
Join us to help set the direction for our work in the years ahead. Register for a forum near you: wliha.org/advocacy/2025CommunityForums
Join us to help set the direction for our work in the years ahead. Register for a forum near you: wliha.org/advocacy/2025CommunityForums
Do you want to help grow the resources that power the Housing Alliance's mission to ensure everyone in Washington has a safe, affordable place to live? Join us! Check the job description on our website: wliha.org/jobs
August 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Do you want to help grow the resources that power the Housing Alliance's mission to ensure everyone in Washington has a safe, affordable place to live? Join us! Check the job description on our website: wliha.org/jobs
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Trump began a federal takeover of DC today, testing the forced displacement of unhoused people.
Locking up people you don’t don’t want to see is textbook authoritarianism. When a fascist tells you who they are, believe them. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/08/11/h...
Locking up people you don’t don’t want to see is textbook authoritarianism. When a fascist tells you who they are, believe them. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/08/11/h...
Breaking: Trump begins federal takeover of DC, orders forced displacement of unhoused people
Just hours ago, Trump federalized the national guard and D.C. police and reiterated his plan to remove homeless people living in D.C. Click here to read our statement on the anti-homeless order and wa...
housingnothandcuffs.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump began a federal takeover of DC today, testing the forced displacement of unhoused people.
Locking up people you don’t don’t want to see is textbook authoritarianism. When a fascist tells you who they are, believe them. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/08/11/h...
Locking up people you don’t don’t want to see is textbook authoritarianism. When a fascist tells you who they are, believe them. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/08/11/h...
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New law to protect seniors, single parents, veterans from rent gouging and homelessness already showing results. Congrats again to our client @wahousingalliance.bsky.social !👏 washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/landl...
Landlords fined for first time under WA’s new law capping rent increases • Washington State Standard
For the first time, Washington’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New law to protect seniors, single parents, veterans from rent gouging and homelessness already showing results. Congrats again to our client @wahousingalliance.bsky.social !👏 washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/landl...
Former Housing Alliance board member Troy Christensen co-wrote a powerful op-ed piece published today in The Seattle Times.
Read the piece: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lets...
Read the piece: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lets...
Let’s move forward, with homes — not handcuffs | Op-Ed
We can’t afford to criminalize poverty and mental illness. What we can afford is investing in supportive housing.
www.seattletimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Former Housing Alliance board member Troy Christensen co-wrote a powerful op-ed piece published today in The Seattle Times.
Read the piece: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lets...
Read the piece: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lets...
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Read Statement from #NLIHC President and CEO Renee Willis on the Executive Order to Forcibly Hospitalize Unhoused Individuals: ow.ly/lXWJ50Wvgmz
July 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Read Statement from #NLIHC President and CEO Renee Willis on the Executive Order to Forcibly Hospitalize Unhoused Individuals: ow.ly/lXWJ50Wvgmz
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BREAKING: Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes. Criminalization doesn’t help anyone – we need housing and healthcare, not handcuffs and budget cuts. #HousingNotHandcuffs
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes - National Homelessness Law Center
Trump’s new Executive Orders direct states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes (WASHINGTON, D.C - March 28th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. Across America, sky-high rents are…
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July 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BREAKING: Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes. Criminalization doesn’t help anyone – we need housing and healthcare, not handcuffs and budget cuts. #HousingNotHandcuffs
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Housing costs continue to rise in Washington, and the 2025 Out of Reach report from @nlihc.org shows that the state housing wage has risen to $41.11 - far out of reach of minimum wage workers and many households. Learn more: www.wliha.org/blog/housing...
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Housing costs continue to rise in Washington, and the 2025 Out of Reach report from @nlihc.org shows that the state housing wage has risen to $41.11 - far out of reach of minimum wage workers and many households. Learn more: www.wliha.org/blog/housing...
Renters and manufactured homeowners can join us on June 30 or July 2 at 5pm to learn more about your rights against rent gouging under HB 1217. Read more and register: www.wliha.org/blog/rent-go...
June 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Renters and manufactured homeowners can join us on June 30 or July 2 at 5pm to learn more about your rights against rent gouging under HB 1217. Read more and register: www.wliha.org/blog/rent-go...
Thank you to the advocates and lawmakers who celebrated the wins for housing justice during the 2025 legislative session with us last night in Seattle and Spokane! Consider making a donation to help us tell more stories and create more wins: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
June 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Thank you to the advocates and lawmakers who celebrated the wins for housing justice during the 2025 legislative session with us last night in Seattle and Spokane! Consider making a donation to help us tell more stories and create more wins: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
The Seattle Times profiles the early successes of the Covenant Homeownership Program in a story today. The program helps bring housing justice and homeownership to households in an effort to redress systemic housing discrimination. Read more: www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
Can't afford saving for a down payment? One program has helped hundreds in WA
Hundreds of Washington homebuyers have received affordable loans to help cover their down payments. Soon, more people will qualify.
www.seattletimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Seattle Times profiles the early successes of the Covenant Homeownership Program in a story today. The program helps bring housing justice and homeownership to households in an effort to redress systemic housing discrimination. Read more: www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
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Washingtonians now have more stable housing, neighborhoods, and families because we just banned predatory rent gouging. In 20 years we’ll have stories like this one too thanks to the hard work of @wahousingalliance.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/r...
May 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Washingtonians now have more stable housing, neighborhoods, and families because we just banned predatory rent gouging. In 20 years we’ll have stories like this one too thanks to the hard work of @wahousingalliance.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/r...
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Washington is now the third U.S. state with a statewide rent stabilization law, joining Oregon and California. #waleg www.axios.com/local/seattl...
New Washington law limits rent hikes for many tenants
Washington is now the third U.S. state with a statewide rent cap law — though it exempts certain units.
www.axios.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Washington is now the third U.S. state with a statewide rent stabilization law, joining Oregon and California. #waleg www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Rent gouging is no longer allowed in Washington after Governor Ferguson signed HB 1217 into law this afternoon. Thanks to thousands of advocates from across the state, annual rent increases for residential tenants are limited to 7% plus CPI with a cap of 10%, and manufactured homeowners to 5%.
May 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Rent gouging is no longer allowed in Washington after Governor Ferguson signed HB 1217 into law this afternoon. Thanks to thousands of advocates from across the state, annual rent increases for residential tenants are limited to 7% plus CPI with a cap of 10%, and manufactured homeowners to 5%.
With love, laughter, and a shared determination to carry her work forward, we remember our friend, teacher, and mentor Nancy Amidei, who died in April at her home. Read more about Nancy and how she inspired so many people to become advocates on our website: www.wliha.org/blog/our-fri...
May 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
With love, laughter, and a shared determination to carry her work forward, we remember our friend, teacher, and mentor Nancy Amidei, who died in April at her home. Read more about Nancy and how she inspired so many people to become advocates on our website: www.wliha.org/blog/our-fri...
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Excited about rent stabilization? Go email and call Governor Ferguson and make sure he knows you want him to sign the bill into law. #waleg
April 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Excited about rent stabilization? Go email and call Governor Ferguson and make sure he knows you want him to sign the bill into law. #waleg
Word is getting out that on the last day of this legislative session, lawmakers passed a compromise rent stabilization bill that will take a big step toward providing more housing stability for Washington renters. Thank you to lawmakers who worked so hard to pass HB 1217! #waleg
WA bill to cap rent hikes clears both chambers, heads to governor
WA bill to cap rent hikes clears both chambers, heads to governor
OLYMPIA — Democratic lawmakers passed a compromise version of a bill to cap yearly rent increases Sunday, the final day of the state's 2025 legislative session. The latest version of House Bill 1217, introduced late Thursday after a conference committee...
www.seattletimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Word is getting out that on the last day of this legislative session, lawmakers passed a compromise rent stabilization bill that will take a big step toward providing more housing stability for Washington renters. Thank you to lawmakers who worked so hard to pass HB 1217! #waleg
Rent stabilization is still alive! This afternoon members of the House voted to not concur and not accept the version of EHB 1217 that was sent to them by the Senate. What happens next is the formation of a conference committee to work to fix the bill, and there are just 4 days left to get it done.
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Rent stabilization is still alive! This afternoon members of the House voted to not concur and not accept the version of EHB 1217 that was sent to them by the Senate. What happens next is the formation of a conference committee to work to fix the bill, and there are just 4 days left to get it done.