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Standing with the Bartons, Standing with SAFE Activists
A call to action for fellow Councilmembers Friday, July 18th, I participated in a home defense protest alongside Standing Against Foreclosures and Evictions (SAFE), Washington Community Action Network...
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Statement on Mayor Murray’s Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory...
Voices needed for an expansion of public housing, for a major increase in developer fees, for taxing the wealthy, and for rent control September 24, 2014 Yesterday, Mayor Murray announced his proposal...
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Letter to SHA Against Rent Hikes
Below is a letter I sent to Andrew Lofton, Executive Director of the Seattle Housing Authority. It details my opposition to SHA’s “Stepping Forward” proposal, which raises rents for low-income...
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Voices of the People’s Budget: Sharon Lee on Affordable Housing
This is the first part in our series, “Voices of the People’s Budget.” On the evening of October 30th, labor leaders, community organizers, social service providers, and engaged citizens came together...
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Congratulations to Tenants on Defeat of “Stepping Forward” Rent Hike Proposal
Dear Tenants and Housing Justice Activists, Congratulations to everybody who participated in such an inspiring movement. On Monday this week, the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) announced that it will...
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Share your rent-increase story with us! Call my office at (206) 684-8016.
Share your rent-increase story with us! Call my office at (206) 684-8016. Let’s expand tenant rights and fight for affordable housing! Is your rent skyrocketing? Do you want to fight for your right to...
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Over 1,000 Seattleites Attend Town Hall Debate on Rent Control
Sign the petition to Support Lifting the WA State Ban on Rent Control On Monday, July 20, 2015, more than 1,000 people overflowed Town Hall Seattle to watch a lively and at times heated debate on rent...
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Rent Control Petition – Click Here For the Link to Sign!
Rent Control Petition – Click Here For the Link to Sign!
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Rent Control – Frequently Asked Questions
Seattle has seen a major construction boom resulting from strong economic growth. But very few of the new rental units are affordable to the majority of working people in this city. Additionally,...
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Seattle Tenants Force Slumlord Carl Haglund to Back Off Rent Increases
Now let’s step up protests to resolve the issues of all his tenants! With the help of Councilmembers Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata, and the Tenants Union of WA, tenants living in the Charles Street...
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Building the Struggle against Slumlords
This week has marked a series of victories in the movement for high quality affordable housing for all, and against slumlords! In response to notorious slumlord Carl Haglund’s attempt at doubling the...
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Councilmembers Sawant and Licata on new legislation: No rent hikes for...
On October 14, 2015, Councilmembers Licata joined me, Attorney Knoll Lowney, Osman Osman and Sahro Farah from the 6511 Rainier Tenant Association, Hana Alici of the Tenants Union of Washington State,...
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A Progressive Plan for Seattle’s Small Businesses and Their Workers
On October 27, 2015, restaurant and nightlife venue owner Dave Meinert joined K. Wyking Garrett of AfricatownSeattle.com, Paula Lucas of Le Frock, Mike Rodriguez from Restaurant Opportunities Center...
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Commercial Rent Control – Is it Legal?
Small businesses face overwhelming obstacles just surviving in the modern economy. Big businesses capture not only the lion’s share of profit, they also utilize their capital to exert a...
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Support Tenant Organizing and the Carl Haglund Ordinance
Last month, my office was contacted by a group of tenants in South Seattle whose landlord, the notorious slumlord Carl Haglund, was doubling their rents, despite truly appalling living conditions. This...
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VICTORY! Carl Haglund Law against Slumlords Passes!
Osman Osman, tenant activist, addressing a rally outside of Carl Haglund’s office in October 2015. After more than a half-year of organizing, tenant activists and housing justice organizers have won a...
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Urgent Action Needed on Tenants’ Rights Vote (Monday, 10/17, 2 PM, City Hall)
Councilmembers May Try to Kill our Tenants’ Rights Bill by Sending it Back to Committee Come tell Council: “Tenants Can’t Wait!” We Need to Limit Move-In Fees Now! On September 27, our legislation...
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Tenants Win Limits on Move-In Fees – Legislation Passes 8-0!
On December 12, after nearly a 1/2 year of struggle by Washington CAN and tenants’ rights advocates, the Seattle City Council passed our move-in fees legislation, 8-0! My remarks motivating the council...
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WA State Should Urgently Repeal the Ban on Residential Rent Control!
On January 17, 2017, I sent a letter to Washington State House Speaker Frank Chopp and the House Local Government Committee, calling on them to reject HB 1082, an unjust bill that would have prohibited...
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Chateau Apartments tenant Renee Gordon: Time to put people before profits!
I am honored to stand with the Chateau Apartment tenants, who are facing eviction from their Central District neighborhood by Cadence Real Estate, a big for-profit developer. Last Thursday, I held a...
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