Housing Justice

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

Rental Assistance Resources

Worksheet that tenants can use with landlords (from the WA Attorney General’s Office) : English| EspañolPусский

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

Tenants Union of WA

WA CAN (Community Action Network)

King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project

Northwest 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:

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, 2023resources, 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.