Washington 501(c)(3) Education Fund

Permanently affordable social housing for all

Educating communities and building collective power to transform housing from a speculative commodity into a publicly controlled good.

Our Core Belief

Housing isn't a financial commodity to trade; it is civic infrastructure that anchors our communities.

We sit down with neighbors in South Seattle to listen first, ensuring real lived experience shapes every policy model we teach.

Our Practice

Building collective power through three core pillars

We provide the educational tools and organizing frameworks needed to establish permanently affordable housing systems.

Workshops
Research
Listening

Community Workshops

Policy Research

Listening Sessions

Making complex housing finance and social housing models accessible to neighborhood leaders and residents across Washington.

Developing rigorous, practical toolkits that translate decommodification concepts into actionable local policy.

Centering BIPOC communities in South Seattle to ensure lived experience directly guides our housing advocacy.

Measurable Impact

Rooted in community participation

45+

South Seattle listening sessions

1,200

Workshop attendees engaged

15

Neighborhood organizing toolkits distributed

Join the movement for social housing

Access our educational toolkits, attend an upcoming listening session, or partner with us to build permanently affordable housing.