As we get closer to telling you more about where exactly we intend to build social housing in Seattle, we want to tell you about some of the values we hold when we consider various construction projects. More soon! 🏡

Please let us know if there are questions ! Happy Monday !

Thanks to everyone who came out to our town hall last night on resident governance at our first social housing building — Elara at the Market.

As with all our housing, these buildings will be forever publicly owned, permanently affordable and climate forward. We look forward to telling you more soon !

SSHD is hiring a Restorative Justice Program Manager! Please help spread the word, friends! This is an exciting & critical role at SSHD.

We had the pleasure of talking to @kuow.org today at our new building — Elara at the Market. Catch Soundside on Tuesday (12 pm or 8pm) to listen to interim CEO @tiffanicmccoy talk all about social housing !

You can take a look at our Audit and Annual Report @ seattlesocialhousing.org/governance/

Please help us welcome Alison Griffin-Hunter as our new executive assistant ! Alison brings over a decade of experience in operations and program management to her work.

Ask SSHD anything on Reddit ! Folks, we’re holding an AMA on Reddit on Thursday, July 2nd at noon. Ask us anything about the state of social housing in Seattle ! Looking forward to talking to folks then ! (Also, please be nice 🫶)

These are the architecture firms we’re excited to work with in the future on both small & large social housing projects.

This week, Janéa Jackson joins Seattle Social Housing Developer as Chief Operating Officer, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience in affordable housing, real estate operations, and organizational management.

Please help us welcome Bernard Troyer as SSHD’s new housing developer! Bernard brings nearly 20 years of construction and project management experience in the Seattle region, including seven years with The BLOCK Project, an innovative community-based housing initiative of Facing Homelessness.

We want to hear from you ! We want your input on how to best form our social housing resident governance systems. Please take this 5 - 10 minute survey !

This is the moment in a recent Board meeting our Board and staff celebrated our plans to buy our first ever social housing building — Elara at the Market. Today we can finally say we are officially the owners, and social housing is a reality in Seattle!

Meet our new housing developer who just started this week — Cameron Mason! Cameron brings more than 10 years of experience in affordable housing to his role as a housing developer at SSHD. He has served as a public funder for both the City of New York and, more recently, the City of Seattle.

Our real estate team was focused on potential new social housing construction projects today ! Stay tuned for news ! 👀🫶

We are hiring for a Communications Engagement Specialist! We need someone who is whip smart with words, social media and comfortable working with residents. If you're a team player and interested, please go here for full details: seattlesocialhousing.org/jobs-and-boa...

Happy Monday everyone! It's an exciting week at SSHD as we've got several new staff members starting. This is Véronique M. Harris, our new Resident Liaison !

A reminder of what some of these charter changes are …

SSHD & @houseourneighbors.bsky.social teamed up today to meet up with folks in the U-District to talk about the social housing lottery currently underway, & help folks sign up! Missed this one ? No sweat! We’ve got more coming up!

Have questions about how to apply to the Seattle Social Housing Developer's housing lottery? Need help applying? Just want to chat about social housing ? We'll be at these locations for the next couple of weeks! Stop by! 🫶

Learn more about Seattle's first social housing building here: seattlesocialhousing.org/seattles-fir...

Some photos of the property!

We've got another Board meeting tomorrow, Folks! Agenda can be found here: seattlesocialhousing.org/meetings/

Here's Jeff Paul from our friends @houseourneighbors.bsky.social speaking in support of our recent charter changes in front of Seattle City Council's Housing, Arts and Civil Rights Committee yesterday.

The Seattle Social Housing Developer Board & staff recently recommended a collection of charter changes. Those changes went before the City's Housing, Arts and Civil Rights Committee yesterday.

SSHD is thrilled to welcome Bulent Ozdemir as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bulent is a finance executive with over 25 years of experience leading finance and accounting teams across commercial real estate, construction and project management, and various other industries.

Last night, SSHD Board and staff recommended some clarifications and changes to our Charter. These are some of the highlights.

Come work with us and help build social housing in Seattle ! Full details about the position and how to apply: seattlesocialhousing.org/jobs-and-boa...