Rent Assistance With the final vote on the City of Seattle 2026 budget last week, this is a good time to thank the Seattle City Council for adding $10 million in funding for rental assistance. Rent assistance is crucial in helping low-income families and individuals who fall behind in paying rent because of a financial crisis. Now Seattleites can count on these dollars to protect them from falling into homelessness. This is an added support to affordable housing providers in

LIHI staff and volunteers are busily at work setting up two new villages: Olympic Hills Village in Seattle and Church By the Side of the Road Village (CBSR) in Tukwila. Olympic Hills Village, located at 3121 NE 133rd St, Seattle will feature 45 tiny houses. LIHI will operate the village with the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church serving as the religious sponsor. The village will open before Christmas. Funding is provided by the City of Seattle and KCRHA. The CBSR Village is

It's Auction Season! Bid on gifts for the holidays & support LIHI! Virtual Auction: Nov 19 - Dec 3 Gala & Live Auction: Dec 5th at the Four Seasons Dear Friends, We are excited this year to be holding both virtual and live fundraising events so that all of our supporters near and far can participate. The Gala & Live Auction , our first since the pandemic, is back again at the Four Season Seattle, and features happy hour socializing and a fun silent auction followed by a sum

LIHI's Virtual Auction is our big annual public fundraiser for Tiny Houses and Urban Rest Stops. Get ready to support these programs and have a blast bidding on fun and fancy items in our virtual auction! You can register for free and preview items here . The Virtual Auction & Gala will start Wednesday, November 19th and run through Wednesday, December 3rd. It's not too late to donate an item to the auction. Please visit Donate an Auction Item . There is also still time to s