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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

Archdiocesan Housing Authority, 206-328-5731

Bread of Life Mission, 206-682-3579

City Team Ministries, 206-352-1300

The Compass Center, 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

Solid Ground, 206-694-6700

Union Gospel Mission, 206-723-0767

Emergency assistance

Archdiocesan Housing Authority, 206-328-5731

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, 206-723-0767

YouthCare, 800-495-7802

YWCA, 206-490-4354

Transitional housing

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, 206-726-0093 (TTY)

Archdiocesan Housing Authority, 206-328-5731

Community Psychiatric Clinic, 206-545-2354

The Compass Center, 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

Low-income homeownership