Agency Details:

IDHA's mission is to improve the quality of life for International District residents and Asians and Pacific islanders of Greater Seattle by providing community-building and low-income housing related services.

Description:
IDHA provides a variety of multilingual services that fall into three categories: 1) low-income housing search and stabilization, including eviction prevention and transitional housing; 2) homeownership education and counseling for first-time homebuyers, especially low-income, including financial literacy education and counseling and individual development accounts; and 3) community building services, including leadership development, resident capacity building, citizenship tutoring, Wilderness-Inner City Leadership Development (WILD) youth program which focuses on environmental justice, and civic participation through community involvement and advocacy. IDHA has site offices for direct services in Yesler Terrace, High Point, Rainier Vista, and White Center. Our Homeownership and Financial Literacy classes are scheduled in various communities around King County over the year.

History:
IDHA was founded in 1975 through a community organizing effort among low-income residents of the International District to protest the negative impacts of stadium construction on the well-being of the historic International District and its residents. Since then, we have broadened our multilingual services to all of King County and sometimes beyond. We incorporated in 1977, became a 501c3 in 1979, and have grown 5-fold in the last seven years in our budget and staffing.

Contact people:

Sharyne Shiu Thornton, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Miya Forrest, Operations Manager, (phone), (email)

Address:

606 Maynard Ave South, Suite 105 Seattle, WA 98104 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.idhousingalliance.org

Directions:

From I-5 take the Dearborn Street exit and head west. Drive three blocks to Maynard Ave South, and make a right. The IDHA office is one and a half blocks north of the Dearborn and Maynard intersection. Street parking.   Nearest Bus Stop: S. Jackson St and Maynard Ave S., 3 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

Last updated on September 29, 2009