A new ballot initiative seeks to implement 'social housing' in Seattle
Aballot initiative filed this week by a housing and homeless advocacy coalition would create a public developer that would build, own and maintain public housing in Seattle.
That coalition, called “House our Neighbors,” formed in opposition to Charter 29. That charter, known as “Compassion Seattle,” would have required the city to build 2,000 homeless shelters within a year, and keep parks and sidewalks clear of encampments.
“We opposed the Compassion Seattle Charter Amendment because it failed to address any of the root cause issues that lead to homelessness,” the coalition’s website says. “Instead, it proposed a set of mandates that sensationalized vulnerable people for political gain while claiming to be compassionate.”
That initiative was removed from last year’s general election ballot by the Washington Court of Appeals, which ruled that it would supersede the legal powers of the state.
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