Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day (HHAD) in Washington State has two important objectives: 1) to bring new advocates into the fold, show legislators and the media that many people care about the issues of housing and homelessness, and generally make a visual impact with sheer numbers of people; and 2) to actually meet with legislators and talk to them in depth about the policy changes that will make a difference to low-income and homeless people. Local agency representatives from Washington Low Income Housing Alliance (WLIHA), Washington State Coalition for the Homeless (WSCH), the Committee to End Homelessness (CEH), Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium (SLIHC), Multi-Service Center, the Tenant's Union, and Building Changes got together yesterday (November 20^th) to kick off planning

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Lynn and I attended the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance (WLIHA) annual member meeting yesterday (November 18th), which was a great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the legislative agenda that Building Changes will be supporting throughout the upcoming 2009 session. It was also instructive to watch the Alliance in action and see how the group gets things done. 

The annual member meeting is a chance for members of the Alliance to approve new or ongoing board members. Megan Hyla, Director of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs at the King County Housing Authority, has taken on the State Legislative Committee Chair position and led the discussion on the legislative agenda.

There were four lead agenda items on the table, along with a dozen or so "support items,"

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