We’re mobilizing our communities to advance housing justice, including advocacy for affordable housing, increased resources for our neighbors without homes, and increased protections for renters.
Eastside families are in urgent need of action to prevent an overwhelming rise in homelessness and crushing debt. The current crisis highlights the enduring affordable housing crisis that disproportionately impacts Black, Latine, Indigenous, and undocumented community members. Join us in conversation and action for a healthy, livable, and just community.
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TENANT RESOURCES
Contact Eastside For All’s Housing Justice Organizer: Guillermo Rivera | email | phone
Worksheet that tenants can use with landlords (from the WA Attorney General’s Office) : English| Español | Pусский
ARCH (A Regional Coalition for Housing) – ARCH is a partnership of the County and East King County Cities who have joined together to assist with preserving and increasing the supply of housing for low– and moderate-income households in the region.
ADVOCACY and LEGAL SUPPORT
Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) – Housing Stability Project and other services
WA Law Help – provides legal education materials and tools that give you basic information on a number of legal problems, and in some cases, detailed instructions and forms to help you represent yourself in court
WA Low Income Housing Alliance
WA CAN (Community Action Network)
King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance
INFORMATION on HOUSING GAPS, POLICY NEEDS
Local Data on Cost Burdened Households by Race (2011-2015)
Amount of Affordable Housing Needed in Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland
Losing Home: The Human Cost of Eviction in Seattle
WA Housing Development Consortium – reports, infographics, and other relevant articles on the intersection of housing and key community issues
National Information and Trends:
- 2019 Cost Burden Report
- American Families Facing a Greater Rent Burden, Pew Charitable Trust, 2018
OUR PARTNERS
We’re grateful to the following partner organizations and initiates working to advance equity in housing:
Eastside Legal Assistance Program, the WA Build-Back Black Alliance, Futurewise, WA CAN (Community Action Network), Tenants Union of WA State, Indian American Community Services (IACS), Muslim Community Network Association (MCNA), Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition, Safe Haven, 4 Tomorrow, WA Low Income Housing Alliance, the Housing Justice Project, the Housing Development Consortium, WA Community Alliance, the Stay Housed Stay Healthy Coalition, and We Are In.
Eastside For All is a member of the Eastside Housing Equity Coalition along with the Housing Development Consortium, IACS, and MCNA. We are also a member of the Eastside Housing Roundtable.
EVENT ARCHIVES
Eastside Renters in Crisis – July, 2023 – resources, advocacy, and calls to action
Your Voice Matters: Advocating for Affordable Housing and Housing Justice in East King County – March, 2022
Be the Change! How to Advocate for Policies that Serve Your Community [Recording] – August 18, 2021
Addressing the Eviction Crisis: Policy Options and Community Solutions [Recording] – May 19, 2021
Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Days [Recording] – Panel Presentation, Feb. 8, 2021
Building the Future of the Eastside -[Recording ] Oct. 14th, 4:30-6pm.
Eastside Renters in Crisis: September 30, 2020 – Recording – Updates on state advocacy efforts from John Stovall (WA Low Income Housing Alliance); interview with Burien Deputy Mayor Krystal Marx on measures that Burien has taken to protect renters. Event Notes
June 1, 2020 | “Eastside Renters in Crisis” Event Slide Deck
July 9, 2020 | “Eastside Renters in Crisis” Event Slide Deck
Please see our calendar page for upcoming community events.