History of SHA
This is the year the Seattle Housing Authority was officially established.
What is 1939?
This department manages rent calculations, annual reviews, and ensuring residents remain program‑eligible.
What is Housing Operations?
Under Robert’s Rules, this is the action a participant must take before speaking to the group.
What is obtaining recognition from the chair?
This landmark SHA community, redeveloped in the 2000s, is known for its mixed‑income model and location on Beacon Hill.
What is NewHolly?
This early event‑planning process involves identifying the audience, purpose, and desired outcomes before any logistics begin.
What is defining the event goals (or needs assessment)?
This historic SHA community was the nation’s first racially integrated public housing development.
What is Yesler Terrace?
This team oversees capital planning, building systems, and long‑term maintenance of SHA properties.
What is Asset Management?
This word describes a formal proposal put before a committee or group.
What is a motion?
Redeveloped between 1999 and 2010, this Rainier Valley community replaced its original 481 low-income units and now includes approximately 1,092 mixed-income homes built on a site of this many acres.
What is 65 Acres?
This step involves coordinating people, supplies, timing, and communication so that all moving parts come together smoothly on the event day.
What is operational logistics coordination?
This global event contributed to Seattle’s increased demand for affordable worker housing in the 1940s.
What is World War II?
This department manages public meetings, communications, and engagement with residents and stakeholders.
What is Communications?
This secondary motion ends debate immediately and moves the group to vote.
What is calling the question?
The High Point redevelopment replaced all 716 original public housing units built in 1942 with mixed-income housing and serves nearly this many families across 120 acres.
What is 1600 Families?
This quality‑control process requires walking through the event from start to finish—literally or mentally—to identify potential risks or gaps.
What is an event walkthrough or dry run?
SHA was created under this federal act that helped fund early public housing agencies across the U.S.
What is the U.S. Housing Act of 1937?
This group ensures SHA follows federal regulations, conducts audits, and monitors program compliance.
What is the Policy Department?
This term describes the minimum number of members required to conduct official business.
What is a quorum?
This SHA initiative started in 1978 dispersed about 800 small-scale public housing units throughout Seattle neighborhoods rather than concentrating them in large developments.
What is the Scattered Sites Program?
This real‑time management process ensures staff and volunteers know where to be, what’s happening next, and how to respond to surprises as they arise.
What is event flow management?
In the 1990s and 2000s, SHA redeveloped several major communities using this federal revitalization program.
What is HOPE VI?
This department handles recruitment, training, and support for SHA staff members.
What is Human Resources?
This motion allows members to revise, add to, or clarify the wording of a main motion.
What is an amendment?
At the time of its original completion in 1941, this Seattle Housing Authority community was both Washington's first public housing and the first racially integrated public housing development in the U.S.
What is Yesler Terrace?
This continuous process during an event tracks issues, adjusts timelines, reallocates resources, and solves problems as they occur.
What is live event monitoring or troubleshooting?