Washington Housing & Help Resources by County — All 39 Counties (Updated Monthly)
Updated: 6 hours ago
Washington has 39 counties and no single front door for housing help. This page is the front door we wish existed: one verified directory per county — every housing authority and its waitlist status, nonprofit buildings you can apply to, senior housing, rent help and eviction prevention, shelter, food, utilities, legal aid, veterans and youth programs — each checked by hand and dated. We re-check everything monthly.
Three things that are true everywhere in Washington: (1) there is no single application — apply to every door you qualify for; (2) Coordinated Entry and 2-1-1 are how most openings are filled — get assessed even if the wait is long; (3) every rent-help and housing program, including Mysti's, depends on eligibility and funding — nobody can promise a unit or a check.
Start statewide
Call 2-1-1 or visit wa211.org — what is open in your county this week.
Washington statewide programs — how to get in — FCS supportive housing, Apple Health & Homes, GOSH and the HCS housing subsidy, CBRA, HEN/ABD, Section 8 and public housing, Section 811, veterans, youth, domestic violence, reentry, eviction defense, utilities, fair housing. Who qualifies, who the door is, what to ask for by name.
Washington housing waitlists — what is open right now — the statewide open/closed list.
Need help with housing? Start here — the order to work in, and what Mysti's can and cannot do.
Apply for benefits online — cash, food, medical, HEN/ABD through Washington Connection.
Emergency 911 · Crisis 988 (call or text).
Open senior housing (55+ / 62+)
Every county directory has a senior-housing section. Senior and disabled buildings often have shorter lists than the general voucher list, and several were accepting applications on our last check. For the search method that works statewide, see Finding open senior housing right now.
Pick your county
North Puget Sound
Snohomish County — Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds · 2 housing-authority lists open or partly open on September 19, 2026
North Puget Sound (Whidbey & Camano Islands)
Island County — Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Langley
North Sound / Puget Sound
Skagit County — Mount Vernon, Burlington, Anacortes
Whatcom County — Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden · 2 housing-authority lists open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Puget Sound
King County — Seattle, Kent, Bellevue · 2 housing-authority lists open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Puget Sound / Kitsap Peninsula
Kitsap County — Bremerton, Port Orchard, Silverdale · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
South Puget Sound / Hood Canal
Mason County — Shelton, Belfair
South Puget Sound / Olympia area
Thurston County — Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater
South/Central Puget Sound
Pierce County — Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood · 2 housing-authority lists open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Eastern Washington / Inland Northwest
Spokane County — Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney
Olympic Peninsula
Clallam County — Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks
Jefferson County — Port Townsend, Port Hadlock
South Sound / Southwest Washington
Lewis County — Chehalis, Centralia, Morton · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Southwest Washington
Clark County — Vancouver, Battle Ground, Camas · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Cowlitz County — Longview, Kelso, Kalama
Wahkiakum County — Cathlamet, Skamokawa
Southwest Washington Coast
Grays Harbor County — Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Elma
Pacific County — Raymond, South Bend, Long Beach · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
South Central
Adams County — Othello, Ritzville
South Central / Tri-Cities
Benton County — Kennewick, Richland, Prosser
Franklin County — Pasco, Connell, Mesa · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Central
Grant County — Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy
Central Washington
Kittitas County — Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Kittitas
Yakima County — Yakima, Sunnyside, Toppenish · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
North Central
Chelan County — Wenatchee, Cashmere, Leavenworth · 2 housing-authority lists open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Douglas County — East Wenatchee, Bridgeport, Waterville · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Okanogan County — Omak, Okanogan, Tonasket
Eastern Washington
Lincoln County — Davenport, Sprague, Odessa
Palouse / Southeast Washington
Whitman County — Pullman, Colfax, Palouse · 1 housing-authority list open or partly open on September 19, 2026
Southeast
Columbia County — Dayton, Starbuck
Walla Walla County — Walla Walla, College Place, Waitsburg
Southeast Washington
Asotin County — Clarkston, Asotin
Garfield County — Pomeroy
Columbia River Gorge
Klickitat County — Goldendale, White Salmon, Bingen
Skamania County — Stevenson, North Bonneville, Carson
Northeast Washington
Ferry County — Republic, Curlew
Pend Oreille County — Newport, Cusick, Ione
Stevens County — Colville, Chewelah, Kettle Falls
San Juan Islands
San Juan County — Friday Harbor, Eastsound (Orcas), Lopez Village
For partners and case managers
Use these pages on a call with a client — every entry has the phone number or link you need, and the housing-authority sections quote the source. To refer someone to Mysti's, use the Partners & Referrals page. The statewide guide has a referral-route table for FCS, AHAH, GOSH/HCS subsidy, CBRA, HEN, Section 811 and more.
Get monthly updates for your county
Tell us which counties and topics matter to you — waitlist openings, senior housing, rent help, food and utilities, events, free learning — and we will send one short email a month. Stop any time.
How we check: each county page is rebuilt from sources we opened on September 19, 2026; statuses are quoted, not paraphrased, and anything we could not verify is marked "status not posted online." Next refresh: October 2026. Report a change: help@mysticares.org.
