Brianna Thomas

Housing Thomas is a strong proponent of housing affordability and anti-displacement policies. A core theme of her 2024 candidacy was that “buying a home shouldn’t feel like winning the lottery” for working families. She advocates protecting homeownership opportunities for everyday people by curbing speculative real-estate practices. In Olympia, Thomas immediately tackled this issue with HB 1732 (2025), a bill to prevent large corporations and institutional investors from gobbling up single-family homes. The proposal prohibits businesses that already own 25 homes in Washington from purchasing more, with exceptions for nonprofits, home builders adding housing supply, and those rehabilitating derelict properties. The bill also directs the state Department of Commerce to study further solutions to keep single-family homes accessible to typical buyers. This policy reflects Thomas’s priority to preserve the ability of middle-class families to put down roots in the community rather than be outbid by Wall Street landlords.. Wages / Job Benefits With a career rooted in the labor movement, Thomas centers workers’ rights and equitable economic recovery in her platform. She has consistently “fought for workers,” advocating fair wages, strong labor standards, and support for working parents (such as affordable child care). Her signature accomplishments before taking office – the SeaTac 15 wage and Seattle’s labor standards enforcement (via the Office of Labor Standards) – underscore her commitment to improving conditions for low-income and essential workers.