For too many of our neighbors across King County, an affordable home is out of reach. To meet the need, the county will need roughly 172,000 more affordable homes over the next 20 years, and more than 120,000 of those for people with the very lowest incomes. At the same time, funding for the supportive housing that helps people move out of homelessness is under major strain. Making real progress will take a steady, shared commitment to housing as a regional priority.

Join the Housing Development Consortium for an evening on what it will take to make the progress we need. Gregg Colburn, a University of Washington professor and author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, will open with a presentation drawn from his forthcoming book on housing as infrastructure. A panel of local leaders, moderated by a journalist, then takes up the questions people across the county are asking: how do we build homes that families with the lowest incomes can actually afford, and how do we get supportive housing built for people leaving homelessness? Whether you work in housing or want to better understand what’s possible in your community, come be part of the conversation.

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