Civic Commons

05/08/2026

One more shout out to for sharing your space with us! We love your coffee and your food and we really love your beautiful backyard on a sunny Seattle afternoon.

05/06/2026

Civic Commons belonging work is really ramping up! We're so excited to share some big announcements very soon...but first - have you met Nia?

We couldn't be prouder to have our We Belong Here project lead, Nia Liggins, leading the way with our state-wide belonging work.

Make sure you don't miss out on what we have in store: join our newsletter today: https://www.civic-commons.org/contact

And huge thanks to Redwing Cafe for letting us film in your beautiful backyard!

04/28/2026

We hope you'll consider joining us for our Pierce County Affordable Housing Week session. Along with Craft Contracting and Consulting, LLC we'll be presenting See How It's Made: Offsite Housing Innovation in Action and we'd love to see you there.

RSVP to learn about this essential innovation towards affordable housing:
https://www.affordablehousingconsortium.org/events/see-how-its-made-offsite-housing-innovation-in-action

04/27/2026

"Music, culture, food, and history" - what a beautiful way to build belonging! Way to go, Wenatchee!

Music, culture, food and history all came together at the Wenatchee Convention Center Friday, where hundreds gathered for a record-breaking game of Huenachi Lotería.

04/26/2026

Community Voting ends TODAY for SOCAP26 session ideas! 🗳 Will you click through and vote for our session? https://socapglobal.com/session-idea/new-capital-for-new-methods-financing-starter-home-production-at-scale/

04/23/2026

It only takes a few clicks to support our work increasing production of starter homes! 🏡

https://socapglobal.com/session-idea/new-capital-for-new-methods-financing-starter-home-production-at-scale/

We need your vote to bring our session to the leaders at SOCAP26 🗳 where we'll dive into the innovative financing models that are necessary to produce affordable starter homes at scale. 🏗️

Your support makes all the difference 🙏

04/20/2026

Just six more days to vote! 🗳

Our session idea for SOCAP26 "New Capital for New Methods" will share our work to build first-of-its-kind financing for offsite-built starter homes - but only if our community votes for us! ✅

Will you help us seize this important opportunity to build support for starter home financing methods with influential leaders in the field? We'd be so grateful!

https://socapglobal.com/session-idea/new-capital-for-new-methods-financing-starter-home-production-at-scale/

04/18/2026

Our session proposal for SOCAP26 just advanced to community polling — and we'd love your vote! 🗳️https://socapglobal.com/socap-open-2026

"New Capital for New Methods: Financing Starter Home Production at Scale"

Offsite construction can produce starter homes faster, but the financing infrastructure to build at scale doesn't exist yet. The WA Starter Home Plan, together with partners including Craft Contracting and HomeSight, is designing it now.

At SOCAP26 (Oct 12–14, Chicago), we'll share how we're building a layered financing model including revolving loan funds, credit enhancements, and public capital structured to invite private co-investment, and invite you to stress-test it with us.

👉 VOTE to help bring this conversation to SOCAP26.

SOCAP - Social Capital Markets

04/15/2026

The call for submissions is officially LIVE for the Starter Home Plan’s statewide Townhouse Design Competition!
We are looking to create a catalogue of standard plans to help increase the production of across Washington state.
Think innovative. Think attainable. Design away.

🗓️ Entries must be submitted by May 22
💻Visit our website for Submission Portal, Full Competition Rules and Q&A Answers
https://www.civic-commons.org/starterhomeplanwa



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04/13/2026

"We don't get to the transformational if we start at the transactional." 💫

We love how Michael Brown, Chief Architect at Civic Commons, describes our theory of change which is foundationally rooted in belonging & relationship! 🤝🏽

Listen to the full episode: https://rippel.org/podcasts/?podcast-id=8189

And thank you, The Rippel Foundation 🙏

04/07/2026

The slide says it all:💥"The only path through [the housing affordability crisis] is to dramatically increase production. And the only way to increase production at the sale and speed we need is to industrialize - make design decisions earlier, industrialize onsite work, and shift more scope offsite."💥

We couldn't agree more and are so inspired by all we're learning at the HUD Breakthrough Regional Pilots Program in Washington, DC! 🏡🏗

Learn more about our approach to the housing affordability crisis: https://www.civic-commons.org/starterhomeplanwa