City Partners

King County partners with virtually all of the cities in the county to some extent in order to further our goals to create decent, affordable housing and a suitable living environment, and to end homelessness in the region.

Partnerships with the City of Seattle

The Housing and Community Development (HCD) coordinates with the City of Seattle on a number of policy, planning and funding issues, but we generally do not directly partner with Seattle with respect to administration of fund sources. Two exceptions to this are: 1) the annual McKinney competitive funding round in which HCD works directly with Seattle to submit a joint application for funds to address homelessness in the region; and 2) the Regional Affordable Housing Program, which is a regional fund source serving all of King County that was created by state law in 2002.

King County Consortium Partners

King County directly partners with virtually all of the cities in King County outside the City of Seattle to administer federal housing and community development funds (CDBG and HOME) regionally. The City of Seattle receives its own CDBG and HOME funds directly from the federal government.

The partnership between King County and its cities outside Seattle is called the King County Consortium. Depending on the size and population of the city, there are different types of partnership in the Consortium, as follows:

1) Cities that partner with King County for HOME funds only

• Auburn
• Bellevue
• Kent

HOME - only cities receive their own CDBG funds directly from the federal government

2) Cities that partner with King County for CDBG funds through a Joint Agreement and also partner for HOME funds

• Federal Way
• Renton
• Shoreline

Joint Agreement cities qualify for their own CDBG funds, but choose to partner in a regional housing & community development program; these cities retain a portion of the CDBG funds to allocate to projects selected by the city, and contribute a portion of funds to consortium-wide programs and administration.

3) Cities that partner with King County for both CDBG and HOME funds

• Algona
• Beaux Arts
• Black Diamond
• Bothell
• Burien
• Carnation
• Clyde Hill
• Covington
• Des Moines
• Duvall
• Enumclaw
• Hunts Point
• Issaquah
• Kenmore
• Kirkland
• Lake Forest Park
• Maple Valley
• Mercer Island
• Newcastle
• North Bend
• Pacific
• Redmond
• Sea Tac
• Skykomish
• Snoqulamie
• Woodinville
• Tukwila
• Yarrow Point

These cities partner to distribute CDBG and HOME funds regionally and sub-regionally to the north-east and south sub-regions