Affordable Workforce Housing

A new skyline is appearing at MSC’s newest affordable housing development, Redondo Heights!   We’ve made great progress and are on track for Redondo Heights construction to be completed in October 2024. MSC’s commitment to affordable housing development remains strong as the number of rent-burdened households continue to climb in our area and nationwide.   [...]

2024-03-22T08:43:24-07:00March 20th, 2024|Giving, Housing, News/Media|Comments Off on Affordable Workforce Housing

Helping families reach their goals

Layla, a single mother of four children, found herself wanting a fresh start for her family. At the time, they were homeless and Layla was having a difficult time finding employment. Layla and her children moved into MSC's family shelter in Kent. While there, Layla was able to work with an MSC staff member on [...]

2023-11-20T12:10:07-08:00December 14th, 2023|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Helping families reach their goals

A place to call home

“When you don’t know where to go or what to do, it’s very stressful,” Jose said about looking for a new home.  Jose had been living with his wife and mother in a double-wide mobile home. He had owned the home for the past four years, but like many mobile home owners, did not own [...]

2023-02-14T10:25:23-08:00March 30th, 2023|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on A place to call home

There every step

“We’re not just pointing someone in the right direction of the appropriate resource, we’re checking in with them if they need someone to call with them or help them complete application forms,” shares Carolina.  Carolina is MSC’s Community Access Coordinator. MSC created this role in April of 2021 to help people access and navigate services [...]

2022-09-20T10:06:41-07:00October 5th, 2022|Education/Employment, Housing, News/Media, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on There every step

Lifted Up

“I started using drugs at 11 years old,” shares Linda. Linda is now 58 years old with three grown children. In 2007 and just out of rehab, Linda moved into Titusville in Kent, MSC’s housing for women in recovery. Linda lived there for about a year. “It was hard. I had to focus with [...]

2021-10-12T13:08:55-07:00November 2nd, 2021|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Lifted Up

How quickly things change

“We weren’t millionaires by any means, but we were doing fine. COVID hit and my life changed,” shares Sara. Prior to the pandemic, Sara worked as a bartender four nights a week. She made a good living and was able to pay all her bills and build up her savings. Bartending gave her the flexibility [...]

2021-03-24T07:31:41-07:00March 24th, 2021|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on How quickly things change

I can relax

At 58 years old, Sonya is happy to have found stability again. As a mother of eight kids, she and her husband had struggled with disabilities, limited income, and housing stability throughout their 31 year marriage. When her husband left and moved out of state, Sonya found herself losing housing stability once again, this time [...]

2020-04-08T13:14:42-07:00June 8th, 2020|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on I can relax

It’s About Relationships

“I really enjoy and believe in helping people without judgment, and that’s what housing first and harm reduction is. They go hand-in-hand.” Chris Cates is one of MSC’s housing supervisors and is also one of the first in King County to use the housing first and harm reduction model back in 2011. After five years [...]

2020-04-08T13:12:24-07:00April 8th, 2020|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on It’s About Relationships

Back on my feet

“I grew up in shelters. It was really hard and stressful and I didn’t want to follow the same path with my kids. I didn’t ever picture myself being homeless when I grew up,” shares 35-year-old Janel. Janel is mom to a 17-year old boy, 15 and 7-year old girls, and has another on the [...]

2019-11-19T11:06:37-08:00October 19th, 2019|Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Back on my feet

Making a change in life

“I’m a proud father with my kids in college,” Jermaine shares, “but you know what? They told me they are proud of me for making this change in my life.” He is the father of five, 2 boys and 3 girls, ages 18-22 years. Jermaine found himself homeless after his grandmother passed away and he [...]

2019-06-13T14:34:59-07:00June 27th, 2019|Giving, Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Making a change in life
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