Feds to give more rental assistance for King County residents

Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma Jul 4, 2025

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Feds to give more rental assistance for King County residents</h1>
                <h2><p>The King County Housing Authority recorded a whopping 26 percent increase in rents between 2014 and 2015. Despite the significant increase, low-income residents who rely on the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program saw no increase in the amount of federal funding they received for housing costs during the same period.</p></h2>
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            <p>The King County Housing Authority recorded a whopping 26 percent increase in rents between 2014 and 2015. Despite the significant increase, low-income residents who rely on the <a href="http://www.seattlehousing.org/housing/vouchers/overview/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program</a> saw no increase in the amount of federal funding they received for housing costs during the same period. In response, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, and other area members of Congress <a href="https://delbene.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/king-co-delegation-urges-administration-to-fix-inflation-formula-in?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">asked</a> the Department of Housing and Urban Development last year to change the way it allocated money in the HCV program.</p><p>Today, HUD announced that they are partially changing their formula to give King County voucher recipients 12 percent more than they received last year. However, many in Washington’s congressional delegation <a href="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/files/sites/delbene-house-gov/files/hud-inflation-follow-up-final.pdf">want the formula changed further</a> so that other regions in the country with steep rent hikes get more money now and in years to come.</p><p>Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert joined his Democratic colleagues from around Puget Sound in pushing for the change.</p>
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The King County Housing Authority recorded a whopping 26 percent increase in rents between 2014 and 2015. Despite the significant increase, low-income residents who rely on the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program saw no increase in the amount of federal funding they received for housing costs during the same period. In response, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, and other area members of Congress asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development last year to change the way it allocated money in the HCV program.

Today, HUD announced that they are partially changing their formula to give King County voucher recipients 12 percent more than they received last year. However, many in Washington’s congressional delegation want the formula changed further so that other regions in the country with steep rent hikes get more money now and in years to come.

Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert joined his Democratic colleagues from around Puget Sound in pushing for the change.

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By Chetan Sharma

Chetan is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at the University of Washington studying Civil Engineering and Urban Planning. He's previously worked as a journalist at KUOW and an engineer