Looking for a comeback “My life went the way of the Mariners. Back in 2001, I had the best job of my life and was loving life.” Dean is a huge baseball fan, a veteran, and a Northwest native, born in Tacoma and raised in Puyallup. At 21 years of [...]
A small focus group comprised of veterans (and some current duty service members) recently selected William J. Wood Veterans House as the name of the Multi-Service Center’s Veterans Housing Project being built on Pacific Highway near Dash Point Road in Federal Way. The selection committee represented a diverse group of veterans from all branches of [...]
“For the first time in eight years, I have my own real bed,” shares Lola. Lola had worked for years with a local hotel chain and was doing okay, making ends meet at least, until the day she started to get sick. It turned out that the hotel had a mold problem, and it was [...]
“Tammy at MSC was the nicest lady, she went above and beyond to help me,” shares Donald. Donald was on his way to his job as a technician for a medical supply company bright and early on a snowy morning in December 2013 when an accident changed his life forever. He was near the federal [...]
“MSC’s housing helped me find stability and become responsible again,” shares Emily, a resident at one of MSC’s income-based apartment complexes. In 2009, Emily lost her Section 8 Housing Voucher. She and her 11-year-old son had nowhere to go, so Emily sent her son to live with her aunt in Vancouver so he could have [...]
On June 2, 2015, MSC broke ground for a new Veterans Housing Project to serve low-income and homeless veterans. MSC anticipates the building will be ready for occupancy mid-summer 2016. This project was set in motion after MSC began seeing an increasing need for services for veterans in South King County a few years ago. [...]
“I never dreamed I could be homeless. I could pay my rent and still have a couple grand sitting in the bank. I did that because I wanted to live comfortably, and I wanted my kids to live comfortably. Then all of that was gone, we didn’t have a place to live.” Veronica and her [...]
Carmela and Chris remember being homeless like it was yesterday. One morning in 2007, Chris went to the restaurant where he worked to find it all boarded up. Shortly after, Carmela found out she was pregnant with their first child. After her maternity leave, she was unable to find employment. “We were good citizens — [...]
