Tech 4 Housing
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Organizing the tech community to advocate for affordable, sustainable and equitable cities.
Seattle, WA
Joined September 2016
With an average salary of $135K/year, a software engineer in Seattle will always be able to outbid an EMT (~$50K/year) for housing on the private market. Social Housing can help ensure Seattle is affordable for everyone.
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Voters delivered a stunning rebuke to @MayorofSeattle
The lead for Seattle’s Prop 1A — taxing high paying companies for social housing — grew to 20 points Thursday as voters embraced a new approach to housing in the city. Now comes the hard part.
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RT @alex_lee: I've introduced AB 590: the Social Housing Bond! . It would place on the 2026 ballot a $950 bond to fund social housing via….
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RT @MAAHseattle: This is not over. We’re out in the field every day this week with @SeattleChamber curing ballots to close the 20 point gap!.
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RT @Taniel: Seattle voters appear to have approved a measure that will give a large budget to a new social housing agency: .
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RT @GuyOron: Prop 1A, the social Housing initiative that will impose a tax on wealthy corporations in Seattle, was leading with 57.6% of th….
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RT @TheNeedling: Mayor Harrell Still Not Sure Why City Wants Social Housing Funds He Can’t Steal from and Give to Cops: .
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Recall Rivera!.
The Seattle City Council violated the city charter (ie "rule of law) to push Prop 1A to a Feb vote (smaller, more antitax electorate). Sara Nelson & Maritza Rivera *did this at the behest of the Chamber*, which is now trying to buy the election. Gross.
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RT @ronpdavis: The Seattle City Council violated the city charter (ie "rule of law) to push Prop 1A to a Feb vote (smaller, more antitax el….
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RT @350_Seattle: 📢Have you reached out to all your friends, housemate, co workers, and family to make sure they don't miss tonight's 8 pm d….
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RT @GNCordova: I’m a chronically late voter. Literally as I was filling this out, someone knocked on my door to talk to me about Prop 1A. A….
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“if Prop 1B beats Prop 1A, they commit to generously naming one whole small affordable housing building Social Housing Pledge Apartments.” 😂.
Amazon Concerned New Tax Will Take Away Money It’s Saving for Donation to Third Trump Inauguration:
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RT @TheNeedling: Amazon Concerned New Tax Will Take Away Money It’s Saving for Donation to Third Trump Inauguration: .
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RT @TheStranger: Prop 1A proposes a tax on businesses whose employees take home more than $1 million a year. The Seattle Chamber of Commerc….
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RT @GuyOron: This morning, advocates with @houseRneighbors held a press conference to denounce the decision by corporations like Amazon an….
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Amazon is using its $20B in quarterly profit to fund a campaign against @houseRneighbors Prop 1A and keep their taxes low.
1/ Amazon beat expectations with $187.8B in net sales, up 10%, and came in well ahead on the bottom line, with earnings of $1.86 per share, vs. expectations of $1.48. Quarterly profits surpassed $20 billion for the first time, up more than 88% from a year ago.
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RT @CMJoyHollings: Thank you all for coming. People who did not get a chance to speak that were signed-up for Feb. 5th, will get the option….
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