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Keep King County Housed
Keep King County Housed (KKCH) is a rent assistance and eviction prevention program, launched in July 2023, that offers support for renters who need help covering past-due rent and/or have an active eviction notice.
The Department of Community and Human Services Adult Services Division partnered with United Way of King County to administer Keep King County Housed in partnership with six community-based organizations. KKCH is an ongoing program which is funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce. The state funds supporting KKCH are derived from document recording fees; the amount of funding per year will vary.
Keep King County Housed was informed by the former federal Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP). During the COVID-19 pandemic many in King County unexpectedly lost employment and were unable to pay rent. The EPRAP program was created to help thousands of King County community members at risk of homelessness. As federal EPRAP funding was winding down, and has now ended, King County launched the Keep King County Housed program to continue supporting vulnerable and very low-income households who are behind in rent payments or facing eviction due to nonpayment of rent.
Program waitlist
Due to high levels of demand for the program, households who apply for Keep King County Housed support are placed on a waitlist. The program uses a tiered prioritization system, where households are randomly selected from the highest tier available on the waitlist. Households must meet at least one of the listed criteria to be placed in that tier.
