Tenant Trust Account
The Tenant Trust Account program gives public housing residents the opportunity to set goals for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
If you're eligible to participate, a trust account is set up by Seattle Housing Authority on your behalf. At the end of each month, the agency deposits a portion of your rent into the account. These deposits stay in the account until they can be used to help pay for the goals you've established.
While in the program, you are allowed to withdraw up to $1,000 from the account toward emergency expenses. Approved emergency expenses could include paying to fix a car or for medical services.
Eligibility
If you live in public housing and earn at least $15,000 per year in income, you are eligible to participate. You must also be in good standing with Seattle Housing Authority, and you are not allowed to be enrolled in both the Tenant Trust Account and Family Self-Sufficiency (link) programs. Call Jared Rodelas-Kent at 206-615-3316 to learn if you qualify.
How to apply
There is no application process for the Tenant Trust Account program. Newly eligible residents receive a letter inviting them to enroll in the program and it just takes a phone call to the Tenant Trust Account Specialist to enroll. Eligible residents then attend a meeting to complete paperwork and enroll in the program. Deposits begin the month after you enroll.
Program requirements
If you are accepted into the program, you must work with your Tenant Trust Account Specialist to establish goals and set steps to reach them. You continue working with your Specialist as you reach each step. Any request for a withdrawal requires verification of expenses.
Contact this program
Tenant Trust Account Specialist
Jared Rodelas-Kent: 206-615-3316
The Tenant Trust Account program is located at Seattle Housing Authority's Central Office: 120 Sixth Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109.
