Events

Affordable Housing Advocacy Workshop

Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Bainbridge Public Library

A Legacy of Harm:
Racial covenants in Washington State and Kitsap County

Discover the hidden history of segregation in Washington state with the Racial Restrictive Covenants Project. Despite being outlawed, racist restrictions persist in property records across the state — a toxic residue from an era when local governments actively promoted racial segregation.

Join University of Washington researchers in exploring the local impact of housing segregation, the legacy of these practices on our communities, the archival research process, and the Covenants Homeownership Account Act (HB 1474), a landmark bill that will provide financial assistance to victims of racial restrictive covenants and their descendants.

Affordable Housing Advocacy Workshop

Thursday, March 28 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Bainbridge Public Library

Sunday FUNDday at Eleven Winery

Eleven Winery is hosting another Sunday FUNDday in honor of HRB. On that day, the winery will donate 100% of its tasting fees and glass pours and 10% of all bottle purchases at the Day Road winery to support our work. So come drink wine made by people who love affordable housing, catch up with friends, and learn more about what we’re up to at HRB. (There will be live music from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.)

Housing Decommodified: A global exploration with New York Times writer Francesca Mari

“Vienna invites us to envision a world in which homeownership isn’t the only way to secure a certain future — and what our lives might look like as a result,” writes Francesca Mari. America might have achieved the same had it not made a series of fateful policies in the mid-20th century that privileged homeownership over large-scale federal investments in public housing. Today we find ourselves living in a country where housing is a commodity, power has been ceded to private investors, and Americans are struggling. But earlier experiments in limited-profit and social housing show that it might be otherwise. Join us in imagining housing in America done differently.

Spend the evening with friends of affordable housing and support the work of HRB at our most important fundraising event of the year.

We’ll hear from Deborah Finck, executive director and founder of Building OHANA, a nonprofit outside Spokane creating a community for people with intellectual disabilities and their families, older adults, and people of all incomes and ages who seek social purpose and connection through intentional neighboring.

Beer, wine, and hearty appetizers will be served.

This is a free event. Register by Thursday, September 7, 2023.

If you are unable to attend, please consider making a gift online.

The community has come out strongly in support of affordable housing. The city of Bainbridge Island has taken on the Housing Action Plan. And the state is issuing directives about planning for population growth. Now what will City Council do?

HRB Policy Specialist Maggie Rich will facilitate a community conversation with the 2023 candidates for City Council on their affordable housing policy ideas and their vision for Bainbridge Island. To submit your question for consideration, email maggie@housingresourcesbi.org.

For more information on this event, contact Tamar Kupiec at 206.842.1909, ext. 11 or tamar@housingresourcesbi.org.

Good wine. Good talk. Good news. Good company. It’s our way of saying thank you.