Other Housing Resources
Seattle Housing Authority provides long-term rental housing and rental assistance to low-income households. The agency does not provide temporary shelter, emergency shelter, or transitional housing. It does not operate low-income homeownership programs.
However, a number of nonprofit agencies in Seattle do provide these services and may be able to help you in your search for housing. Contact information and links to their websites are provided below. Organizations that provide a range of housing services may be listed in more than one category:
Shelters
2-1-1, Washington State information network
Bread of Life Mission, 206-682-3579
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, 206-328-5696
Compass Housing Alliance, 206-357-3100
Denny Place Youth Shelter, 206-328-5693
Domestic Abuse Women's Network, 206-622-1881
Downtown Emergency Service Center, 206-464-1570
SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort), 206-448-7889
WHEEL (Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League), 206-956-0334
Union Gospel Mission, 206-622-5177
Emergency assistance
2-1-1, Washington State information network
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, 206-328-5696
Central Area Motivation Program, 206-812-4940
Domestic Abuse Women's Network, 206-622-1881
New Beginnings, 206-522-9472
Solid Ground, 206-694-6700
Union Gospel Mission, 206-622-5177
YouthCare, 800-495-7802
YWCA, 206-568-7841
Transitional housing
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, 206-922-7088
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, 206-328-5696
Community Psychiatric Clinic, 206-545-2354
Compass Housing Alliance, 206-357-3100
Domestic Abuse Women's Network, 206-622-1881
New Beginnings, 206-522-9472
Plymouth Housing Group, 206-374-9409
Solid Ground, 206-694-6700
Union Gospel Mission, 206-723-0767
YouthCare, 800-495-7802
YWCA, 206-490-4354
Low-income rentals
Bellwether, 206-623-0506
Building Changes, 206-805-6100
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, 206-328-5696
Capitol Hill Housing, 206-329-7303
Central Area Development Association, 206-328-2240
Community Psychiatric Clinic, 206-545-2354
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, 206-923-0917
Downtown Emergency Service Center, 206-464-1570
Inter*Im Community Development Association, 206-624-1802
Low Income Housing Institute, 206-443-9935
Compass Housing Alliance, 206-357-3100
Mt. Baker Housing Association, 206-725-4152
Plymouth Housing Group, 206-374-9409
SHAG - Senior Housing Assistance Group, 888-450-7424
Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority, 206-624-8928
SouthEast Effective Development, 206-723-7333
YouthCare, 800-495-7802
YWCA, 206-490-4354
Low-income homeownership
Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County, 206-292-5240
Homesight, 206-723-4355
Homestead Community Land Trust, 206-323-1277
