In a year full of uncertainty and fear, Attain Housing was fortunate to gain many first-time donors in 2020. Few made a bigger impact than the folks at Kirkland Community Fitness, which is owned and operated by Jamie and Rick Cantu. We reached out to Jamie to ask her more about KCF and why they chose to help out homeless...
As you may have heard, the US Senate recently passed a resolution to make June 19 a federal holiday. Juneteenth is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983 and becomes the eleventh federal holiday recognized by the US federal government. According to Merriam-Webster, Juneteenth is a holiday observing the day that belated word of the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Sanford Email: Eric@attainhousing.org Attain Housing Welcomes New Executive as Current Leader Retires Kirkland, WA, May 5, 2021—Attain Housing is beginning the next chapter in its evolution, welcoming a new Executive Director to lead its work in housing and supporting vulnerable Eastside families. Natalie Reber, a nonprofit executive and attorney, will step into the role May 24. Attain Housing’s current executive,...
Creating a stronger Alumni Group for former Attain Housing client families has been a long-standing goal for Attain Housing staff and board. We hope to create a network that allows past clients to both keep in touch with each other and be able to reach out for support when they need it from folks who have gone through the same...
Our Stable Home rental assistance and eviction prevention program is continuing to evolve in 2020. In 2019, our program had a huge spike in the number of households we assisted with rental assistance funds....
Attain Housing provides transitional housing, case management services, and rent assistance services to all vulnerable families with dependent children who are either experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of losing their housing due to hardships....
We won’t sugarcoat it. 2020 has been a mess. It’s been a tough year even on those who are financially stable, so you can only imagine how hard it’s been on low-income folks struggling to keep a roof over their heads....
Attain Housing's staff-led social justice discussion continued last week with a Talks at Google interview with Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcycZretpbc Hannah-Jones created the 1619 Project for the New York Times, which sought to map out the full picture of the historical and systemic consequences of slavery 400 years after the first slave ship landed on North American soil....
"It's Been a Minute" featuring Tracee Ellis Ross Link For last week's staff-led discussion on social justice education, we listened to an episode of the "It's Been a Minute" NPR podcast, hosted by Sam Sanders. Sanders is a journalist who previously covered elections for NPR before launching his show, which each week features one news round-up episode and one deep dive interview...
Attain Housing provides transitional housing, case management services, and rent assistance services to all vulnerable families with dependent children who are either experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of losing their housing due to hardships. Due to the historical and current systemic inequalities that exist within this country's governing, financial, law enforcement, and employment systems, the majority of people seeking our...