We are experiencing a deep, deep pain in our community and country right now, and it makes it difficult to know what to say. We are sad and angry at the unjustified death of George Floyd especially knowing that it is just the latest in a long line of racial injustices and violence toward our Black community. We want to...
Magic happens when kids coming directly out of homelessness first arrive in an Attain Housing apartment. It happened recently when Carmen and her kids moved from their car to one of our 37 transitional housing apartment homes. On lease-signing day, the kids bounded through the apartment playing hide-n-seek. The joy of that moment is fuel for all of us at...
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland has donated $5,000 to Attain Housing. This very generous donation covers revenue lost since the crisis first hit in early March. Kiwanis joins a growing list of local supporters stepping up in a huge way and donating to Attain Housing....
On Friday, April 10, Symetra and 777 Cafe coordinated the donation of 120 free meals for delivery to our client families in our Transitional Housing program. Our staff and a volunteer made the drop-offs observing all social-distancing protocol and it gave a lot of folks a much-needed boost....
Attain Housing’s classic 7 Hills of Kirkland is going online! Join the challenge from your home and then get pedaling for real for an entire month of cycling challenges, weekly mileage & climbing contests, and community!...
The 7 Hills of Kirkland bike event, Attain Housing's classic spring fundraiser, is going online! Join the challenge from your home and then get pedaling for real for an entire month of cycling challenges, weekly mileage and climbing contests, and community! Perhaps you've never ridden 7 Hills before because you're more of a casual/leisure rider and those hills just don't appeal....
Magic happens when kids coming directly out of homelessness first arrive in an Attain Housing apartment. It happened recently when Carmen and her kids moved from their car to one of our 37 transitional housing apartment homes. On lease-signing day, the kids bounded through the apartment playing hide-n-seek. The joy of that moment is fuel for all of us at...
[caption id="attachment_18143" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Some behind the scenes action from our client family video, created for our luncheon. Click the image to watch the video![/caption] Our Stable Home program is changing in 2020, but it won’t be slowing down Stable Home, our rental assistance program, grew tremendously in 2019 in terms of households served. We are extremely proud that we never had...
[caption id="attachment_18023" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo by Ashish Keshwani[/caption] When Johnny, Sarah, and their three kids lost their housing in Bellevue, they ended up living in and out of motels in South King County. For the several months they were displaced, Johnny still drove his kids to their schools back in the Bellevue school district so they wouldn’t fall behind. Johnny had...
[caption id="attachment_18144" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Even infants love to pitch in at Community Supper![/caption] As 2019 comes to a close, our Community Supper program is still going strong and regularly serving meals for 40 to 50 people every Tuesday at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Kirkland. 2020 dates are still available for hosting meals and if you’d like to lead a group...