Neighborhood House, in partnership with the King County Housing Authority (KCHA), is proud to announce the grand opening of the Seola Gardens Early Learning Center. This new facility will provide culturally responsive, high-quality early education for children ages 1 to 5, fostering growth and development in the diverse community around Seola Gardens in White Center.

KCHA's 2025 Moving to Work (MTW) Plan is available for review and public comment until November 10th, 2024. MTW gives KCHA local flexibility through waivers from certain HUD regulations. This flexibility allows us to shape our federally funded programs to better respond to local conditions, streamline operations, and support residents and tenants in their goals of health, education, and economic independence. Learn more and submit comments here: https://www.kcha.org/about/news/mtw

The 2023 Resident Characteristics Data Book (PDF) collects available administrative data to describe the demographics, income, and use of housing assistance for KCHA's federally-assisted households, including individuals and families living in KCHA-owned public housing or who use Housing Choice Vouchers. Presented to the KCHA Board of Directors in August 2024, you can review the 2023 Resident Characteristics Slide Presentation (PDF) for a summary.

Effective October 1, 2024, all rental units assisted by Housing Choice Voucher funds will be inspected using the new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) standards.

More information will be sent to all housing providers.

Learn more on HUD's NSPIRE webpage.

Read more about our goals, priorities, and progress in KCHA's 2023 Report to Community. Housing instability has a lasting effect on individuals, families and communities, and it disproportionately affects people of color. KCHA is both a leader and a partner in the solutions, striving to dismantle structural racism, providing high quality affordable housing, helping families achieve their goals of self-sufficiency, and supporting more than 55,000 people across 33 cities and unincorporated King County. Click here for the full report.

King County Housing Authority finalized the purchase of a multifamily apartment community in the Richmond Beach neighborhood of Shoreline, Wash., preserving 54 units of rental housing, 39 of which are subsidized through federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) project-based subsidies, as an ongoing affordable option for individuals and families.

King County Housing Authority has completed the purchase of a multifamily apartment community in the East Hill neighborhood of Kent, preserving 116 units of rental housing as an ongoing affordable option for individuals and families. The acquisition will help ensure long-term stability and affordability for current residents.

Ten years after an inclusive Community Center Visioning Process and after years of local engagement in comprehensive planning, on Jan. 18, West Hill’s Skyway community celebrated the Skyway Resource Center’s groundbreaking. The project is being supported by Renton Innovation Zone Partnership, King County Housing Authority & U.S. Bank.

With more than 22,000 households waiting as of Nov. 1, 2023, King County Housing Authority has decided to temporarily close its waiting list for subsidized housing (i.e. public housing and other site-based programs) as of Dec. 15, 2023.

KCHA Executive Director Robin Walls participated in a forum hosted by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley to discuss strategies employed to successfully lease Emergency Housing Vouchers. Other participants included Texas Housing Solutions and Los Angeles County Development Authority, as well as a representative from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.