Housing Development Consortium Of Seattle-King County

Programs: In 2017, hdc's staff, board, members and advocates stood up to advocate for affordable homes, equitable communities, and an end to homelessness. Together, we:-funded affordable homes-engaged in over 1000 actions to renew and expand the vets, seniors, and human services levy. The levy will generate at least $330 million for housing and supportive services over its six-year life. -held over 100 meetings with elected officials at the city, county, and state level. With the efforts of our partner the washington low income housing alliance, these meetings helped secure a $106. 7 million allocation to the state housing trust fund, expansion and an end to the sunset on document recording fees which fund needed homelessness services, and a new effort to find and prioritize of surplus public lands for affordable housing development. -worked with the washington low income housing alliance and rep. Joan mcbride to adopt a new, state-wide local option to fund affordable housing capital. -worked with rep. Vandana slatter to ensure sustainability of housing financed with low-income housing tax credit. -engaged in over 50 actions to support the expansion of the low income housing tax credit. Built inclusive communities-took action to ensure affordable housing is a priority for cities and that strong affordable housing policies were adopted in housing strategy plans, which set the guiding vision for how cities will treat housing issues over the next five years. -continued ongoing advocacy work around the implementation of seattle's housing affordability and livability agenda (hala) to enact inclusionary housing policies in seattle. -worked with legislators, equity and transit advocates to create new requirements for sound transit to use surplus properties for affordable housing. Raised awareness of affordable housing needs & solutions-mobilized 50 front line staff at member organizations to take action for affordable housing in their back yard during our first ever two-day advocacy intensive. -secured over 100 organizational endorsements and mobilized 1,000 emails and on behalf of hdc's 2017 policy priorities. -submitted comment letters, stressing the importance of affordable housing as essential to a healthy community. -presented to municipal governmentsincluding the joint meeting of south king county mayors, the auburn city council, the seatac city council, and the shoreline city councilcivic clubs, educational institutions, and statewide conferences. -testified all around the county in the cities of auburn, bellevue, burien, kenmore, redmond, renton, seattle, seatac, shoreline, and tukwila, at the state legislature, and the growth management planning council. Fostered inter-jurisdictional collaboration-spearheaded a partnership of south king county governments the south king housing and homelessness partnership (skhhp). "

as an advocate, broker, and convener of and for our members, the housing development consortium of seattle-king county has supported and inspired our 160+ member organizations for three decades. Together, our members work collaboratively to meet the housing needs of people with limited incomes throughout the region. Each night, 122,900 individuals, 19,700 of whom are children, go home to rental units and affordable homes created or preserved by hdc's member-based network. By bringing organizations, government agencies, and businesses together around shared values and a commitment to the community, hdc has also become nationally recognized as a leader in affordable housing advocacy. Each year, hdc's staff, members and supporters stand up to advocate for affordable homes, equitable communities, and an end to homelessness. Visit our policy page to learn more about our current work, and view our most recent advocacy actions and accomplishments. After three decades, hdc's membership now encompasses all of the major nonprofit housing developers in king county as well as financial institutions, consultants, architects, building contractors, attorneys, accountants, service providers, local housing authorities, and government agencies and our members collaborate almost daily on issues of funding, policy and community priorities. Hdc also provides advocacy leadership for effective public policies, adequate resources, and reasonable regulatory environments to increase the public good of affordable housing.

started in 2015, the south king housing and homelessness partnership (skhhp) brings together a network of south king county stakeholders on issues related to affordable housing and homelessness. Skhhp works with cities, nonprofits, developers, faith communities, businesses, civic clubs and others to mobilize. Skhhp is committed to supporting the preservation of healthy and affordable housing in order to sustain vibrant and diverse communities. Skhhp supports the skc response to homelessness, and aims to help south king county achieve the strategies identified in the plan through assisting its members with coordination and partnership development, technical support, and sharing of promising practices, emerging trends, and their potential for local impact. Skhhp supports the groups that have been meeting in skc to share perspectives on these issues, including the homelessness action committee (hac) and the skc joint planners and developers workgroup. Skhhp has regularly convened, organized, and expanded the network of stakeholders working to end homelessness and address affordable housing needs in skc; improved the alignment of county and state affordable housing and homelessness interventions and funding opportunities with skc interests; provided technical assistance to support the implementation of comprehensive plan policies; improved skc stakeholders' understanding of promising practices and their potential for local impact; and determined and implemented strategies that achieve program sustainability.