Seattle Renters' Commission

Applications are due at 11:59pm tonight!

Help Shape Decisions Impacting Local Renters: Apply for the Seattle Renters’ Commission  - Front Porch Most people living in Seattle are renters; and the city consistently populates the top ten list of “most expensive cities” to rent. The Seattle Renters’ Commission (SRC)  was established in 2017 to re...

The City of Seattle seeks community members to fill three vacant positions on the Seattle Renters’ Commission to help advise the City on policies and issues of interest to renters. Per the establishing ordinance, all commissioners must be Seattle renters. See the link below to learn more and apply!

Help Shape Decisions Impacting Local Renters: Apply for the Seattle Renters’ Commission  - Front Porch Most people living in Seattle are renters; and the city consistently populates the top ten list of “most expensive cities” to rent. The Seattle Renters’ Commission (SRC)  was established in 2017 to re...

The City of Seattle seeks community members to fill three vacant positions on the Seattle Renters’ Commission to help advise the City on policies and issues of interest to renters. Per the establishing ordinance, all commissioners must be Seattle renters. See the link below to learn more and apply!

The Instagram link is a video of Mayor Wilson introducing the survey. The actual survey can be found here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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This demand comes directly from Seattle Ban RUBS, a coalition of renters who have been organizing against RUBS since May 2025 and who continue to advocate
for fairer utility billing practices.

The Renters’ Commission urges the City of Seattle to ban Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS). RUBS undermines consumer protections for renters, lacks transparency in utility billing, and makes Seattle less affordable for renters. See our letter here: www.seattle.gov/documents/Bo...

Applications are due at 11:59pm tonight!

Graphic from the Seattle Renters’ Commission with the Chief Sealth logo at the top. Headline reads, “Help shape the future of Seattle social housing.” A colorful illustration of buildings appears next to the words “Seattle Social Housing.” Below, bold text reads, “Board applications open through Sunday, December 14th, 11:59 PM.” At the bottom left, text reads, “For more information, scan the QR code or go to tinyurl.com/SSHDapp.” A large yellow-framed QR code appears at the bottom right.

Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved renter-led, permanently affordable social housing. The charter for Seattle Social Housing designates 7 of 13 board seats for renters. Two renter seats are currently vacant. The Commission is accepting applications through Dec. 14.

Apply at tinyurl.com/SSHDapp

We are committed to promoting diversity on this board. Women, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, young persons, senior citizens, persons of color, and immigrants are strongly encouraged to apply. Previous board or commission experience is desired but not mandatory.

Graphic from the Seattle Renters’ Commission with the Chief Sealth logo at the top. Headline reads, “Help shape the future of Seattle social housing.” A colorful illustration of buildings appears next to the words “Seattle Social Housing.” Below, bold text reads, “Board applications open through Sunday, December 14th, 11:59 PM.” At the bottom left, text reads, “For more information, scan the QR code or go to tinyurl.com/SSHDapp.” A large yellow-framed QR code appears at the bottom right.

Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved renter-led, permanently affordable social housing. The charter for Seattle Social Housing designates 7 of 13 board seats for renters. Two renter seats are currently vacant. The Commission is accepting applications through Dec. 14.

Apply at tinyurl.com/SSHDapp

Mark your calendar! The Renters' Commission will be appointing two more renters to the Seattle Social Housing board of directors. Applications will be open from Dec. 1-14

The amendment was saved, with seven councilmember voting in favors and two abstentions

Council President Nelson pulled the amendment from @councilmember-amr.bsky.social to add $400,000 to restore funding to tenant services for a full council vote. This is an amendment supported by the Seattle Renters' Commission.

A promotional flyer with a light teal background titled “Film Screening and Panel Discussion” in large red text. On the left is the film poster for Evicting the American Dream, showing a house behind a garage door labeled “Emergency Exit.” On the right, a header reads “Panelists” followed by a bulleted list: Alexis Mercedes-Rinck – Seattle City Councilmember Dr. Tim Thomas – Chief Research and Data Officer, King County Jeff Paul – House Our Neighbors Vallen Solomon – Housing Justice Project David Barnhart – Film Director Phil Lewis – Moderator – Human Rights Commission Below, bold text reads: “Friday, November 7th – 7 to 8:30pm” and the venue information: “Kakao, 415 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109.” To the right is a QR code with the caption “Reserve your seat” and a small URL: https://tinyurl.com/bdemubsc . At the bottom are three logos for the Seattle Human Rights Commission, House Our Neighbors, and the Seattle Renters’ Commission.

We are excited to join the Seattle Human Rights Commission and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social for a film screening and panel discussion of 'Evicting the American Dream' tomorrow, Fri. Nov. 7th from 7-8:30pm!

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/evicting-t...

The Seattle Renters' Commission supports:
✅➕ Adding an additional $500,000 for tenant services beyond what was included in the balancing package.
✅ $4 million proposed for rental assistance for renters in affordable housing
✅ $50,000 to the Renters’ Commission

The Seattle Renters' Commission opposes the expansion of mass surveillance. SPD has placed cameras in areas with apartments but not in areas with single family homes. Their plan would expand their CCTV network and Real-Time Crime Center and accept live video from apartment buildings. Surveillance doesn’t reduce violent crime but has a long history of harming communities, especially Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; immigrants; LGBTQIA+ residents; people with disabilities; and low-income households. We urge the Seattle City Council to reject CB 121052 and CB 121053 and protect renters’ privacy, autonomy, and safety.

The Seattle City Council will be voting on expanding mass surveillance on Tue. 9/9 at 2pm. The Seattle Renters' Commission urges the council to reject this expansion and protect renters’ privacy, autonomy, and safety.

See the full statement from the Commission here: www.seattle.gov/documents/Bo...

Inbox: The items that should have gotten votes in yesterday's housing committee -- including 14 appointments to the city's renter's commission that Cathy Moore urged her former colleagues to delay -- will now get them in the full Seattle City Council meeting.

Ballots for the primary election are due August 5th 🙂

"The night before, however, former Councilmember Cathy Moore — who was the head of the housing committee before her recent resignation — sent an email to Solomon, Saka and Nelson, urging them to delay a vote on confirming commissioners, she said Wednesday."

"The two committee members boycotting Wednesday’s meeting also delayed a vote on accepting $30.7 million in federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Much of this was housing awards."

“It is councilmembers’ chartered responsibility to be at these meetings,” Rinck said. “This is literally our job. So I find it deeply frustrating that people took time to leave their jobs in the middle of the day, yet not every member of this committee could show up to do theirs.”

Post updated this morning with an email from Cathy Moore, who resigned from the council, to Councilmember Mark Solomon, trying to influence him not to move forward with renters' commission appointments that she preventing from moving forward for her entire 18-month term.

"The SRC has been sounding the alarm for over a year."

The Seattle City Council just passed a new renter protection that bans algorithmic rent pricing like RealPage

The Seattle Renters Commission is firmly against the bill to change Seattle's Code of Ethics to allow elected officials to vote on issues when they have a financial conflict of interest if they disclose it beforehand. Disclosure is not accountability.

CM Moore has refused to meet with or make appointments to the Renters Commission the entire time she's been in office. Only one out of nine councilmembers is a renter and two are landlords. Acting like those with the most power and property don't have a voice at City Hall is an insult to renters

CM Hollingsworth has outlined the agenda for the public hearing on the comp plan on Wed. Feb. 5th. Each speaker will have two minutes.

5:00-7:30 PM: In-person public comment ONLY (childcare will be provided)

7:00 PM: Signup for online public comment will open

7:30 PM: Hybrid public comment begins

www.seattle.gov/neighborhood...