#seattlecouncil — Public Fediverse posts

I’m a firm supporter of community housing models and was encouraged when council members Morales and Mosqueda visited Vienna and Nordic cities to observe and discuss housing with local officials and organizations, pre-pandemic. The real estate industry’s reliance on capitalist models here depends on boom and bust, prioritizes profits, exacerbating housing inequality, subverting community in elections. Media controlled backlash set us back, obscured visions.
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Erica C Barnett has been critical of Housing Our Neighbors proposals in the past and offers perspectives on potential Seattle Council misdirections on the community housing funding. The previous council’s move of Jump Start funds from small business and other pandemic relief to the general fund is a painful lesson in the ways reactionary Seattle subverts progressive solutions. Current budget deficits are looming.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/ericacbarnett/p/tax-for-social-housing-brought-in?r=ct3l&utm_medium=ios