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November 29, 2012 at 1:34 am #605723
My sister in law and my 5 nephews/niece are homeless and looking for an apartment or house preferably in West Seattle, but anywhere north of Kent. They are low income. We have been all over craigslist, WSB and driving around the area, but have had no luck yet. Please if you have any leads on a place or know anyone who would like to help a needy family out and could pass on the info it would be so very appreciated.
November 29, 2012 at 2:16 am #778421Can you give some more info. Ages of the kids? How many bedrooms? What price range. Is this temporary housing or permanent? Are the kids attending school and need to stay in a certain area? Where are they staying now? If they have shelter right now, how long can they stay?
The more info, the more maybe someone could help.
November 29, 2012 at 2:28 am #778422The kids are 16yr old twins, 15, 14 and 13. 2+ bedrooms. They are looking for permanent housing so they can settle down as a family again. The kids are at Sealth and Denny. They don’t need to stay in this area but would really like to. Right now I have three of the kids with me and the other 2 and their mom are staying at another family members house which is not a very good situation and they will need to leave there by the end of December. $1000/mo is the max they can afford and would need to make payments for a deposit.
November 29, 2012 at 4:36 am #778423http://capitolhillhousing.org/findyourapartment/
Here is a link to a place with larger affordable apartments available, but not in west Seattle.
Here is a place on del ridge, maybe negotiable?
November 29, 2012 at 8:52 pm #778424I wish I had a solution. Have they contacted Hickman House by any chance?
November 29, 2012 at 10:30 pm #778425Make sure they ask a counselor at school about getting McKinny-Vento status. It is for homeless assistance, which includes living with friends or family. They can access resources like free meals and bus passes and sometimes more, possibly housing assistance or at least a meeting with a social worker to find more resources. I believe the status also allows them to stay at their current school even if they find shelter out if the normal school boundaries. If the school seems hesitant, keep pushing, it is an easy form to fill out!
November 30, 2012 at 12:28 am #778426Have them call S & L Realty. They might know about housing closer to their schools which hasn’t been put on the market yet. This is a White Center Realtor/Property Management business:
November 30, 2012 at 12:46 am #778427There are lots of people involved in “cohousing” situations — helping each other with roommate payments and living arrangements. This is a pretty big family, but they might be able to find someone who could help. If I hear of anything I’ll let you know.
My patience, if you’re comfortable giving out contact info, we can talk directly.
November 30, 2012 at 4:00 am #778428Thank you everyone for the advice and help : ) The biggest problem we are having is that a lot of places want the income to be 2 or 3 times the rent to qualify, which clearly is not going to happen. All three kids do have the McKinny-Vento status which was a great help getting them right into school. I can be reached at : my patience 1978 at live.com. Again thanks for the advice and info. It is very greatly appreciated.
November 30, 2012 at 4:39 am #778429Have you tried getting the family on Section 8?
http://www.seattlehousing.org/
I found these listings on Craigslist for a home on 35th & Morgan, explain their situation and they might be surprised the landlord can work with them paying the deposit in payments. If you don’t ask you will never know.
http://www.seattlehousing.org/
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/3375911780.html
In Tacoma/ University Place but a 3 bdrm @ $915.00
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/apa/3442002628.html
2 bdrm house in Burien for $895.00
November 30, 2012 at 6:59 am #778430Section 8 is waitlist only, waitlist closed to new applicants….
December 2, 2012 at 4:55 am #778431I think its the time of year to close. Budget time. Last year too.
Housing by income is tough any more. Wait lists everywhere. Our housekeeper says 5 yrs. where she lives! No more new construction was budgeted this year. Only completion of projects in process already.
I wish good luck to this family. Not a nice time of year for this to take plaace with family. Hope they find something.
December 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm #778432Bump
December 5, 2012 at 7:16 pm #778433Any luck yet? I’ve been wondering.
December 5, 2012 at 7:32 pm #778434No, not yet. We send out emails every day and she calls and leaves messages, or she gets told that she doesn’t have enough income to qualify. It blows my mind that even places that are for low income people are telling her she doesn’t have enough countable income to qualify. We will keep looking though. Keeping the faith that they can be together for Christmas.
December 5, 2012 at 9:08 pm #778435Maybe this would be an option for this family:
http://www.solid-ground.org/programs/housing/bethlehem/pages/default.aspx
December 5, 2012 at 10:57 pm #778436This breaks my heart, because it sounds like what this family needs most is a Section 8 voucher – this is what families with little or no income are served best by. But, as has been pointed out, that list is currently closed and when it opens, it is usually heavily over-subscribed.
As a result, I think contacting an organization like Solid Ground is best, as they operate a lot of transitional and permanent housing units, that often come WITH a voucher, so not the income-qualifying type of housing, which is often more affordable for lower wage earners, not for folks with little or no income.
Here is a list of other providers in King County. Google can get you connected to any that look like a good fit. I know DNDA and Compass both have West Seattle properties.
Nonprofit Housing Developers and Providers
Artspace Projects, Inc.
Bellwether (formerly Housing Resources Group)
Capitol Hill Housing
Catholic Housing Services
Community Frameworks
Community Psychiatric Clinic
Compass Housing Alliance
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association
Downtown Action to Save Housing
DESC
El Centro de la Raza
Friends of Youth
Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King County
HomeSight
Homestead Community Land Trust
Hopelink
Imagine Housing (formerly St. Andrew’s Housing Group)
InterIm Community Development Association
Low Income Housing Institute
Mercy Housing Northwest
Mt. Baker Housing Association
Multi-Service Center
Parkview Services
Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority
Pioneer Human Services
Plymouth Housing Group
Sea Mar Community Health Center
Seattle Chinatown / International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda)
Senior Housing Assistance Group
Solid Ground
Southeast Effective Development (SEED)
Valley Cities
YouthCare
YWCA
December 13, 2012 at 3:04 pm #778437Bump
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