SEATTLE HOUSING

In a variety of housing program types, SHA provides long-term, low-income rental housing and rental assistance to 37,907 people, representing 18,263 households, in the city of Seattle. SHA owns and operates 8,679 apartments and single-family homes at 374 sites throughout the city... Additionally, SHA administers 11,771 Housing Choice Vouchers, enabling low-income tenants to receive rental assistance with other landlords in Seattle. Nearly 80 percent of those we serve are children, elderly or disabled. One in 10 students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools lives in SHA-supported housing... Seattle Housing Authority provides stable housing for nearly 38,000 people with low incomes. Meet two of them.

Also known as: Seattle Housing Authority, SHA

Primary location: Seattle United States