RHA's Office has moved. Our new address, effective December 16th, 2011, is 2414 SW Andover St, D207, Seattle, WA 98106.

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Ellensburg family fortunate to get Section 8 certificate
(The Daily Record © 05/14/2012)
Alice Garoutte first applied for help from a federal housing program in 1993 while living in the Puget Sound area. In 1998 she finally got a somewhat rare Section 8 certificate that allows her to rent a modest home anywhere in the United States by paying 30 percent of her income for rent. She?s been living in Ellensburg since 2004 with her two teenage children. It?s been an uphill journey ov...

Seattle Housing Authority proposal for Yesler Terrace raises concern
(The Seattle Times © 05/14/2012)
To rebuild its World War II-era subsidized apartments at Yesler Terrace, Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) has come up with a bold plan. The authority would sell prime parts of Yesler's 30 acres on First Hill to private developers and use the money to reconstruct as well as expand its low-income housing there. Private developers would build about 3,000 market-rate apartments and condos on the pr...

McGinn: City Light 32% rate hike over 6 years not ?politics as usual?
(seattlepi.com © 05/08/2012)
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn unveiled a plan Monday to raise City Light rates by 4.7 percent a year over the next 6 years, which he said is necessary to update the utility?s aging infrastructure and ensure a reliable source of power for Seattle. ?The easy, political thing to do is to not increase the rates,? he said. ?This is not politics as usual. Politics as usual is to kick the can down the...

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