NAYA’s policy efforts include engagement in city, county, and state-wide campaigns in both Oregon and Washington to address affordable housing/houselessness, economic development, health, and environmental issues in our community.

NAYA 2024 Oregon and Washington Legislative Agenda

In 2023, NAYA’s Policy and Advocacy team launched the Community Priority Survey to hear from the community about the needs, issues, and concerns they have related to policy.

What surfaced was the need to prioritize basic needs: food, water, shelter, healthcare, etc. The information gathered in the survey has informed our legislative agenda in alignment with community needs and community-identified priorities

OREGON PRIORITIES

• SB 1537: Governor Kotek’s $500M Housing Production Package.
• HB 4131: Allocates $10M to the Individual Development Account program.
• HB 4041: Allocates $30M to the Economic Equity Investment Program.

WASHINGTON PRIORITIES

• SB 5564: Establishes a reward program for MMIWP in Washington.
• HB 2114: Improves housing stability for tenants by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, establishing a landlord resource center, and creating parity between leases.
• HB 1915: Makes financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education.

Days of Action

NAYA’s Policy and Advocacy team organized two Legislative Days of Action over a two-week span! The Washington Legislative Day of Action was held on January 29, 2024, in Olympia, WA, and the Oregon Legislative Day of Action was held on February 12, 2024, in Salem, OR.

The primary goal for both days was to amplify our legislative agenda and to build relationships with the community and elected officials.