SHA continues to serve clients online or via phone and provide emergency and urgent on-site work 

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Seattle Housing Authority offices are closed to walk-ins. Services remain available by phone, email and SHA's website.

SHA conducts telephone wellness checks with vulnerable tenants

SHA is reaching out to ask tenants if they have enough food and medication, and connecting them with resources and services if needed. 

Neighbors helping neighbors in SHA communities

People in the SHA community are finding ways to support each other during the COVID-19 emergency.

SHA partners with Amazon to distribute meals to needy clients

SHA is teaming up with others on a food program that provides meals for 875 elderly and disabled residents in five SHA communities: High Point, Rainier Vista, NewHolly, Yesler and Lake City Court.

Yesler site made available for use as King County shelter

To aid in the coronavirus emergency response effort, the Seattle Housing Authority has made a site it purchased for Yesler redevelopment available for a King County shelter, freeing up the shelter’s current location for use by Harborview Medical Center as a COVID-19 recovery area.

Help stop discrimination and stigma around coronavirus

SHA is committed to advancing race and social justice. Here are ways to help stop discrimination as a result of misinformation stemming from coronavirus.

About Seattle Housing Authority
The mission of the Seattle Housing Authority is to enhance the Seattle community by creating and sustaining decent, safe and affordable living environments that foster stability and self-sufficiency for people with low incomes. SHA provides long-term, low-income rental housing and rental assistance to more than 36,000 people in Seattle. SHA owns and operates approximately 8,500 units at nearly 400 sites throughout the city. SHA also administers more than 10,000 Housing Choice Vouchers, enabling low-income residents to receive rental assistance throughout the Seattle housing market. SHA, an independent public corporation established in 1939, is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners, two of whom are SHA residents. More information is available at seattlehousing.org.