A campaign called House Our Neighbors wants to address the growing crisis with something called “social housing.” It’s a housing model funded, built and operated by the government and is used in Singapore, Vienna and other cities around the world. It is just starting to gain a toehold in the United States.
The House Our Neighbors campaign is currently gathering signatures to get Initiative 135 on the ballot this year to ask Seattle voters to create a new public agency called the Seattle Social Housing Developer, which would acquire, build and manage permanently affordable housing for low- and middle-income residents.
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