The Homelessness Division of the City of Seattle Human Services Department (HSD) is seeking applications from qualified organizations to provide homelessness prevention services that support Seattle residents to remain stably housed.
Donor Name: City of Seattle
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The 2026 Homelessness Prevention Request for Proposals (RFP) will fund emergency rental assistance, housing stabilization, and legal services for households at imminent risk of homelessness. The investment is guided by Executive Order 2025-06, Delivering Rental Assistance, which directs the City to improve coordination, transparency, and service delivery of rental assistance programs as a critical strategy to prevent eviction and homelessness.
HSD’s goal through this investment is to ensure that all people in Seattle remain stably housed, while advancing racial equity and improving access to services for communities disproportionately impacted by housing instability.
Priority Population and Focus Population
Priority and focus populations for this funding are based on HSD’s Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework and intended to ensure that the department’s investments address disparities within the population.
- Priority Populations – Priority populations are defined as groups comprising a specific demographic (e.g., seniors, youth, families) or individuals who share a common issue (e.g., homelessness, mental health, involvement in violence). Priority populations for this investment are all households at imminent risk of homelessness, including those with recent housing instability, extreme rent burden or prior experiences of homelessness. Providers are expected to prioritize outreach and service delivery to the following populations:
- Youth and young adults
- Older adults
- Immigrants and refugees
- Families with children under 18
- Survivors of gender-based violence which include domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes of coercive control
- Focus Populations – Focus populations are defined as specific racial or ethnic groups within the priority population from whom data show the greatest disparities in the investment area. Based on available data, the focus population(s) for this investment opportunity are:
- Black/African American
- Hispanic/Latino
- American Indian/Alaska Native
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander households
Funding Information
Approximately $8 million is available through this RFP across three strategies:
- Stabilizing Households at Imminent Risk
- Approx. funding: $6,519,194
- Minimum request: $250,000
- Intervening in Active Eviction
- Approx. funding: $627,000
- Minimum request: $100,000
- Operating the Centralized Front Door
- Approx. funding: $900,000
- Minimum request: $900,000
Grant Period
January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Participants served through this RFP must meet the following minimum criteria:
- Reside within the City of Seattle at the time of program intake
- Have a household income at or below 50% of Area Median Income (AMI)
- Be at imminent risk of homelessness or currently facing eviction
- Lack sufficient financial resources to maintain or secure stable housing without assistance.
For more information, visit City of Seattle.
