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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
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A place to live, a place to grow
Providing housing and supportive services for people with low incomes
Deputy Executive Directors
The Voice
SHA welcomes Javania Cross Polenska and Jen Chan as Deputy Executive Directors.
Video: A Place to Live, a Place to Grow

Seattle Housing Authority provides stable housing for nearly 38,000 people with low incomes. Meet two of them.
 

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Annual Report

View photos and highlights of the SHA community in action in 2023.
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Who we are
The Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) provides subsidized rental housing and rental assistance to people in Seattle with low incomes. In addition to providing high quality housing, SHA offers tenants an array of programs to help them increase self-sufficiency and lead healthy, productive lives.
SHA Overview
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"I’m helping not just the homeless but anybody who needs help. I can do that because it was given to me.”

Back in the community
Meet Marvin

37,907

Individuals served

8,679

SHA owned/managed units

8,364

Tenant-based vouchers

3,407

Collaborative Housing units