Affordable Housing

Homelessness Affects 11,643 People in King County, Their Surveys Can Tell Us What They Need

Written by Eric Bronson On May 31st All Home King County released their 2017 “Count Us In” Point In Time Count, previously known as the One Night Count. The count, which was […]

Breaking Down the Racial Barriers to Housing

From left to right: Moderator Frances Carr, YWCA People of Color Executive Council; Panelists: Sheila Sebron, Veteran Service Officer with the American Legion; Michelle Allen, activist and author; Cathy Nguyen, Poet Laureate and Housing Operations Manager, YWCA.

Written by Eric Bronson On Friday May 19th at Seattle City Hall, YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish hosted its annual Stand Against Racism event, bringing together city officials, poets, activists and community members to take […]

The Unexpected Source of Washington’s Homelessness Funding is in Jeopardy

Written by Eric Bronson With all of the talk in Seattle these days over whether to fund housing and homelessness efforts by sales tax or property tax, you may have missed a […]

My First and Not My Last Advocacy Day Experience

Early in the morning on February 2nd, seven YWCA staff drove to Olympia to represent our YWCA at the annual Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day. We became part of something bigger than […]

Top 10 Social Media Tips from Four Years of Firesteel Hangouts

Written by Shan Yonamine, project assistant, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness Editors Note: For the last 4 years, Firesteel has partnered with Seattle University and others to advocate for homelessness through […]

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