The King County Housing Authority (KCHA) provides quality, affordable rental housing and housing assistance to more than 50,000 people across King County. We keep people housed, prevent homelessness, help people work towards self-sufficiency, and support strong, stable, communities where all people can thrive.
Use the links below to learn how KCHA is governed, how we use public resources to transform lives, and how to stay informed or get involved.
Meaningful work, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits.
Building stronger, healthier communities across King County.
Meet our leadership and access board documents and meetings.
Investor information for the bonds financing our affordable housing.
KCHA’s housing policies, financial reports, and publications.
A nationally recognized leader in affordable housing.
The latest news from KCHA.
As a national leader in affordable housing, KCHA serves to provide innovative, effective, and equitable housing solutions so that all people and communities can prosper.
KCHA provides assistance only within the boundaries of King County — not including Seattle or Renton. For services in Seattle or Renton please visit the Seattle Housing Authority or the Renton Housing Authority.
The King County Housing Authority administers rental housing and rental assistance for more than 50,000 people across King County—our vision is that all residents have access to quality affordable housing. We support people in 37 cities, not including Seattle and Renton, as well as in unincorporated areas of King County. The county, named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., covers more than 2,000 square miles, and KCHA’s service area includes more than 1.2 million residents.
KCHA owns more than 160 properties with more than 12,900 affordable rental homes, including federally subsidized housing for families, seniors, and people with disabilities. KCHA also invests in developing and preserving rental homes for middle-income individuals and families, financed through tax credits and tax-exempt bonds. Federally-funded Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) help more than 14,800 households rent homes from private landlords.
The King County Housing Authority was created by the State of Washington in 1939 to serve our communities by providing affordable housing and related supports.
KCHA receives no operating funds from the State of Washington, King County, or the region’s cities. It covers operating costs with rents from residents and federal funding. More than 500 employees work for the agency in a wide variety of careers, at the administrative offices in Tukwila and at KCHA-owned properties throughout the county.
KCHA is governed by a five-member volunteer Board of Commissioners. The King County Executive appoints the commissioners, who are then approved by the Metropolitan King County Council.
KCHA respects and honors the Coast Salish peoples, past, present and future, who are the original inhabitants of the land on which we live and work. As a local government organization that serves this community, KCHA will continue to address issues of exclusion and systemic discrimination and hold ourselves accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.
