Dominique Haft
City of Seattle – Office of Housing
DOMINIQUE HAFT is a former management and technology consultant with extensive experience in managing innovative readiness programs, building strategic partnerships, and driving growth initiatives. Haft is passionate about connecting with people and discovering innovative and impactful ways to evolve and improve the ways we live and work by turning future ideas into realities.
She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Western Washington University and is a certified Design Thinking practitioner with the LUMA Institute.
Project
Seattle is implementing an innovative program to prevent displacement and preserve community diversity by helping tenants become homeowners in the properties where they currently live. As housing prices continue to rise rapidly in Seattle, the Home Ownership as Preservation (HOP) initiative will assist tenants in purchasing their rental units individually or collectively as cooperatives, with particular focus on residents from diverse backgrounds at heightened displacement risk. This strategy aims to increase housing security, stability, and autonomy for vulnerable residents while maintaining the cultural and socio-economic diversity that makes Seattle’s neighborhoods vibrant and distinctive.