Seattle, WA
“The pack of idealistic leftists who got Seattle leaders to pass an income tax have now turned their gaze from the lofty heights of luxury condo skyscrapers and down to the gutter.
What do they want? Housing for all. When do they want it? Starting this fall election season.
The Housing for All Seattle campaign is designed to pressure candidates and city leaders into taking both the affordable housing crisis and homeless peoples’ rights seriously. The HFAS campaign kicked off on Saturday afternoon. Roughly 200 people packed into the Labor Temple in Belltown for about 90 minutes, warming and moistening the air in the auditorium with each breath as they sat in folding chairs or leaned against the wall, listening. On the stage at the front former council candidate Tammy Morales served as emcee. Speakers included Katie Wilson of the Transit Riders Union and SHARE organizer (and the protagonist of my feature Making a Tiny House a Home) Harold Odom, among others. I saw mayoral candidate Cary Moon and council candidate Jon Grant, as well as staff from other council offices.”
[For more on this story by Casey Jaywork, go to http://www.seattleweekly.com/n...-on-housing-for-all/]
Photo: The Labor Temple was packed on Saturday for the Housing for All Seattle campaign launch. Photo by Casey Jaywork.
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