rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/tenant-rights-town-hall-with-community-leaders-state-legislators?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-tenant-rights-town-hall-with-community-leaders-state-legislators' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Housing Justice Working Group https://actionnetwork.org/groups/housing-justice-policy-committee https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Over 225,000 households are behind on rent in Washington and facing the threat of eviction if the statewide moratorium is not extended past March 31st. Seattle DSA together with many others are calling on state and local elected officials to respond with bold transformative policies to address the deepening housing and economic crisis—and to pass the strongest possible tenant protections this month. We'll be joined by Sen. Nguyen and Rep. Fitzgibbon of the 34th LD and Sens. Pederson and Chopp and Rep. Macri of the 43rd to hear from them and share our community's concerns. Seattle DSA believes that, at root, quality stable housing must be treated as a human right, guaranteed to all regardless of ability to pay, not as a commodity sold to the highest bidders. Unless we take the housing industry out of the private marketplace, the drive for profits by the real estate companies will block every effort to guarantee stable affordable housing to all. We call on our elected officials at every level to enact the following policies: - No Economic Evictions Until Affordable Housing is Available to All - Rapidly Build Enough Affordable Social Housing to Fully Meet Our Needs - Immediate Shelter For all - Pass Statewide Rent Control and Lift the Rent Control Ban on Local Governments. This meeting will be held over Zoom. RSVP here for Zoom info. https://actionnetwork.org/events/tenant-rights-town-hall-with-community-leaders-state-legislators