At 99 percent, KCHA leads the nation in its lease-up of Emergency Housing Vouchers granted by Biden's American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

KCHA attributes its high lease-up rate to several strategies: partnerships with nonprofit organizations that provide housing navigation services; close coordination among community-based organizations across King County; adequate funding to help mitigate financial leasing barriers, such as application fees and deposits, for low-income renters; and the universal forms between KCHA and Seattle Housing Authority to minimize paperwork for applicants. 

KCHA also accredits its status as a Moving to Work (MTW) agency as important for its success. With this designation from HUD, KCHA is provided with flexibility in funding and program administration.

The King County Housing Authority, in partnership with a number of organizations across the county working to help people experiencing homelessness, has achieved a lease-up rate of 90 percent for the 762 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) it was awarded through the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This compares with a national lease-up rate of 50.98 percent. Of the top 20 grantees ranked by award size, KCHA is the first housing authority to reach this utilization milestone.

KCHA just received an award of 59 new Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The vouchers are among the nearly 100,000 new HCVs nationwide provided by the American Rescue Plan and Fiscal Year 2022 budget.

Said KCHA Executive Director Robin Walls: “With so many people in King County in need of affordable housing, these Fair Share vouchers from HUD help us continue to grow an essential resource for the most economically vulnerable members of our communities. Housing choice vouchers are key to providing opportunities for stable, affordable housing in this intensely competitive rental market. We are highly pleased at HUD’s new focus on redistribution if of underutilized vouchers to communities that can lease those units.”

New Executive Director/CEO Robin Walls was pleased to meet with U.S. Rep. Adam Smith at Villages at South Station, a workforce housing community in Tukwila. KCHA is appreciative of the congressman's work to bring affordable housing resources to King County.

KCHA's updated voucher payment standards take effect on Aug. 1, 2022.

KCHA is pleased to announce the selection of Robin Walls as our new executive director/CEO. Robin will assume her new role on July 18, 2022.

Stephen J. Norman, Executive Director, KCHA, the REDI Team and  AAPI KCHA  Family, have issued a public statement denouncing acts of hate against Asians and Asian Americans.

Stephen J. Norman, Executive Director, KCHA, has issued a public statement addressing the long-standing impacts of systemic racial discrimination, and the need to dismantle racism and eliminate inherent white advantage wherever it exists.