Seeking 1610 is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded by Kazmyn Ramos and supported by volunteers.
We do this work because we believe the search for affordable housing should be faster and easier. Donors and supporters like you fund this work.
Thank you.
Housing is a human right.
Everyone can work to make affordable housing more accessible. Join the movement.
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Reach out to your members of Congress and local elected officials to share your concerns about housing access. Your voice is powerful. Use it!
Here’s a link to find your legislators
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If you have a personal story concerning your experience with accessing or living in affordable housing, share it. Some ways to share it include writing a letter to the editor or an op-ed for your local paper.
Here are links if you’d like to learn more:
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We can’t do this work alone. If you’d like to share any of your talents please feel free to send an email to:
info@seeking1610.org
Seeking 1610 is an homage to my grandmother’s address in the Caravelle Commons apartments in Indianapolis, Indiana.
My grandmother helped raise me by balancing social security benefits and food stamps.
But I never felt poor until we went grocery shopping. Grocery shopping was an ordeal that involved making a list, adding up items while waiting in line, and discarding things that may put you over the limit. When you’re poor, a trip to the grocery store is exhausting.
After I graduated, I started working directly with people experiencing poverty. Though we had similar experiences, like being worried when we entered the checkout line at the grocery store, I had something they didn’t. I had stability.
I inherited stability from my grandmother. She remained in the same community for nearly 40 years. Seeking 1610 is an homage to my grandmother’s address and the lessons she taught me there. Seeking 1610 is my way of helping others achieve the stability that transformed my family.
Kazmyn Ramos, Founder of Seeking 1610
