Information for Tenants
If you are a tenant or are looking for rental housing, we can provide tenant counseling, information, resources and tools to help you understand your rights and responsibilities, avoid eviction, and maintain your rental housing. (Tenants seeking rental assistance should contact 2.1.1 for screening eligibility for all King County programs.)
Tenant Topic Webpages
MOVING IN
DURING YOUR TENANCY
MOVING OUT
EVICTION & TERMINATION
RESOURCES
Information for Homeowners
Some resources for Washington state homeowners & people interested in homeownership:
- Homestead Community Land Trust preserves and advances access to permanently affordable homeownership as a means to create thriving, equitable and inclusive communities. They serve first-time homebuyers in Seattle-King County who earn less than 80% of the area median income. (To find out if you qualify, see Homestead’s steps and eligibility requirements to become a homeowner.)
- Parkview Services Mortgage Default Program: HUD Approved Housing Counselors provide no-cost, unbiased housing counseling to struggling Washington state homeowners.
- Washington Foreclosure Prevention Resource Guide
- Making Home Affordable
- Fannie Mae Loan Lookup
- Freddie Mac Address Lookup
- Loan Modification Scam Online Complaint Form
- Washington State Office of the Attorney General (AG Office): Use to file fraud complaints for in- and out-of-state companies.
- Washington Homeownership Resource Center: 206.542.1243