How to get into the holiday spirit with Attain Housing We all deserve some holiday cheer at the end of a year like no other, and that especially applies to the families in our transitional housing program. They have been so resilient in the face of the pandemic and have worked so hard to overcome the economic challenges of 2020. We...
How Attain Housing helped a family of five stay together and thrive together “That’s fantastic, man,” Greg McLeod, our Programs Services Manager, said with a grin into the phone. “I am so happy for you.” Dawit (pictured above with his daughter Eleni) and his family had just found a permanent home. We first introduced you to Dawit and his family in our...
Time to dust off the ol’ bike and start training again! The 2020 7 Hills of Kirkland is now open for registration. We have a few changes this year, including a better and safer finish and starting line configuration at Marina Park, as well as an awesome fundraising opportunity to earn your ride jersey! How to Engage with 7 Hills We’re...
Attain Housing adds four new units for homeless families, with even more to come in 2020 As you may have heard, Attain Housing is growing! A generous local couple purchased a multi-family property on behalf of Attain, enabling us to begin operating a four-plex apartment building called Totem Lane in the Totem Lake neighborhood of Kirkland as part of our transitional housing...
As the previous article mentioned, Wow! What a year 2019 was! We were able to help 616 or 140% more people through Stable Home, we added more staff, we held record-breaking fund-raising events and we were able to add four more transitional housing units to our stock through the support of a generous investor. Should we rest? Heck no! Let’s keep it up....
Looking back on Attain Housing’s growth and impact in 2019 In 2019, we celebrated 30 years of providing assistance to homeless and at-risk families. As we look toward 2020, our region’s housing crisis and homelessness issues persist and the need for social services continues to grow. We at Attain Housing insist on helping as many families as we possibly can and...