Keeping People Housed
To help vulnerable people hold onto their homes, United Way of King County has increased support for housing and utility assistance. Our investments especially focus on households experiencing job loss, single-parent families, recently-returned veterans and non-English speakers.
The assistance can include one-time rent payments or longer-term rental subsidies that decrease over time. If a household does lose its home, we also provide support in getting rapidly and stably re-housed. Such help can include one-time move-in grants for first and last month's rent and/or damage deposits.
Thanks to everyone who generously gave to United Way's Response for Basic Needs campaign, 1,010 people have been able to avoid homelessness. In these uncertain times, they can continue to depend on the security of staying in their homes.
As economic times stay tough, we need to do more to keep vulnerable people stable. Nonprofit agencies continue to see a sharp uptick in the number of families in need of financial assistance for rent, utilities and other basic necessities.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Home foreclosures continue to be recorded at high rates in King County compared with years before the recession. South King County is disproportionately affected. The rate of increase in foreclosures in the Seattle area was among the highest in the US in late 2009. Foreclosure filings spiked again in March, 2010.
Notice of trustee sales recorded
For more recent updates, an explanation of the foreclosure process and maps showing where Notice of Trustee Sales have been recorded in the County, please see Communities Count 2008, Data Updates and Recession-Linked Data.
