CITY OF RENTON WASHINGTON

• Catholic Community Services
  • Phone: 253-850-2523 (intake times for Renton residents are the first and third Thursdays of each month from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
• Multi-Service Center
  • Phone: 253-893-0024 (available first Tuesday of month between 9 a.m. and noon)
  • Apply online using the city-specific applications found here
• Salvation Army Renton
  • 425-255-5969
• Solid Ground Tenant Resource Hotline
  • 206-694-6767
• St. Stephen Housing Association
  • 206-745-2218
  • Apply online here
• St. Vincent de Paul Seattle/King County
  • 206-767-6449
  • Apply online using the Online Assistance Request Form

*Funds are not guaranteed to be available

• Housing Justice Project
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: 206-267-7069
• Northwest Justice Project
  • Call 1-855-8387
  • Apply online here
• Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP)
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: 425-747-7274 (For Spanish: 425-620-2778)
  • Apply online through the ELAP Stability Program
• Tenant Law Center
  
  • Phone:  206-580-0762
• King County Dispute Resolution Center
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: 206-443-9603

• Search Apartment Finder
• Renton Housing Authority
  • Phone: 425-226-1850
• King County Housing Authority
  • Phone: 206-574-1100
  • KCHA Housing Search
• If qualified, enroll in Coordinated Entry through a Regional Access Point
  • CEA serves all people (single adults, young adults*, couples, families, and veterans) who are experiencing homelessness in King County. Additionally, young adults* who are at risk of homelessness within 14 days can also receive CEA services. Homeless means: Living and sleeping outside or in places not meant for human habitation; Fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence; Staying in an emergency shelter; Exiting an institution where you stayed for up to 90 days and were homeless before entering that institution.
  • Renton Regional Access Point is YWCA Renton
    • Phone: 425-523-1377

A landlord who wants you to move out must follow certain rules, outlined in state law (RCW 59.18). Evictions are a formal court process that must be proceeded by a properly served termination notice that the tenant has failed to comply, pay, or vacate within the specified timeframe. Landlords cannot terminate tenancies for reasons that are discriminatory or retaliatory.

To learn more, visit WA Law Help’s Eviction Help page.

Landlords have certain duties under state law (RCW 59.18.060). Tenants also have options to request repairs and pursue remedies for unmade repairs (RCW 59.18).

DO NOT WITHHOLD RENT FOR UNMADE REPAIRS. Document the problem and make requests for repairs or maintenance to your landlord in writing. State law outlines time limits in which your landlord should start repairs:

• Not more than 24 hours where the defective condition deprives the tenant of hot or cold water, heat or electricity, or is imminently hazardous to life.
• Not more than 72 hours where the defective condition deprives the tenant of the use of a refrigerator, range and oven, or a major plumbing fixture supplied by the landlord.
• Not more than 10 days in all other cases. Includes landlord duties defined under the law RCW 59.18.060, among others.

If the landlord has not begun repairs within these timeframes, tenants have options for remedies under the law. Each option requires a specific legal process, and each has its limitations. See WA Law Help’s Tenants: What to Do If Your Rental Needs Repairs for more information.