HUD Cites King County Housing Authority for Outstanding Performance; King County Housing Authority Earns 'High Performer' Status for 10th Consecutive Year.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001 The King County Housing Authority has scored a 93.1 in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual review of public housing. With its high score, KCHA earned "high performer" status for the tenth Tenth can mean: In mathematics:
KCHA's high rating was remarkable, considering HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. introduced
a considerably tougher set of standards for housing authorities this
year. The new Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS PHAS Public Housing Assessment System (HUD)PHAS Pollution Hazard Assessment System ) includes HUD inspections of all public housing developments and a survey of residents, as well as an internal audit of Authority operations. "We are very pleased to continue our unbroken record of maintaining high-performer status under HUD's various evaluative systems," KCHA Executive Director Stephen Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of England, who presented him with estates in England and France and Norman Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing contribute to the economy, and there is diverse manufacturing (machinery, communication said. "Though our housing programs have continued to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. to meet a range of needs, our public housing program is the heart and soul of our operation. This acknowledgement by HUD of the excellence of our public housing communities is a testament to the quality and hard work of both our staff and our residents." The Housing Authority maintains more than 3,300 units of public housing scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. throughout 23 suburban cities and unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" King County. Many KCHA developments are small, consisting of 50 units or less and blend in Verb 1. blend in - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" blend, go fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" seamlessly with their surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. neighborhoods. Under PHAS, achieving a high score was more difficult than it had been when HUD used the Public Housing Management Assessment Program (PHMAP PHMAP Public Housing Management Assessment Program ) to evaluate public housing. PHMAP focused on a housing authority's management operations. With PHAS, the federal agency evaluates 29 separate agency functions, from property management and maintenance to an authority's financial systems and tenant satisfaction. The scoring involved a resident survey and extensive inspections of each of KCHA's 49 public housing properties. To earn a high performer designation DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to. the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide 1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2. 2. , a public housing authority must achieve an overall score of 90 percent or higher. The King County Housing Authority has been designated a high performer ever since HUD began evaluating the country's public housing in 1991. This assessment covered KCHA's fiscal year ending June June: see month. 30, 2000. Over the past three years, King County Housing Authority has added approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 969 units to its inventory and completed $14.3million of rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. work on its public housing communities. "I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in proud that we can provide such exceptional service to the most vulnerable households living in King County," said KCHA Chair Rick Bender. "The importance of the safety net that our public housing provides cannot be underestimated." KCHA administers a range of quality affordable rental housing programs for residents of King County, as well as providing homeownership opportunities to lower-income working families. The Authority serves more than 13,000 households, including families, the elderly, disabled persons, and other special-needs special-needs or special needs adj. Of or relating to people who have specific needs, as those associated with a disability. households. About 3,350 of those households are in public housing units.
Note: Attached is a list of KCHA public housing properties by
location.
King County Housing Authority
Public Housing Properties
East King County
Summary: 14 properties; 496 units
Property Location No. of units
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Avondale Redmond 20
Bellevue Houses Bellevue 8
Casa Juanita(a) Kirkland 80
Cedarwood Kirkland 25
College Place Bellevue 51
Eastridge House(a) Issaquah 40
Eastside Terrace Bellevue 50
Forest Glen(a) Redmond 40
Forest Grove Redmond 25
Juanita Court Kirkland 30
Juanita Trace Kirkland 39
Kirkwood Terrace Kirkland 28
Pickering Court Snoqualmie 30
Wells Wood Woodinville 30
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496
North King County
Summary: 4 properties; 277 units
Property Location No. of units
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Ballinger Homes Shoreline 110
Briarwood(a) Shoreline 70
Green Leaf Apartments Kenmore 27
Lake House(a) Shoreline 70
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277
Unincorporated King County
Summary: 10 properties; 1,342 units
Property Location No. of units
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Ballinger Homes Shoreline area 110
Boulevard Manor Boulevard Park 70
Brittany Park(a) Normandy Park area 43
Cascade Apartments Kent area 108
Glenview Heights Renton area 10
Northridge House(a) Shoreline area 70
Northridge II(a) Shoreline area 70
Paramount House(a) Shoreline area 70
Park Lake Homes I and II White Center 733
Vista Heights Renton area 30
Youngs Lake Commons Renton area 28
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1,342
South King County
Summary: 19 properties; 1,239 units
Property Location No. of units
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Burndale Homes Auburn 50
Campus Court Des Moines 13
Casa Madrona(a) Olympia 70
Evergreen Court Federal Way 30
Federal Way Houses Federal Way 3
Firwood Circle Auburn 50
Gustaves Manor(a) Auburn 35
Kings Court Federal Way 30
Mardi-Gras(a) Kent 61
Munro Manor(a) Burien 60
Plaza Seventeen(a) Auburn 70
Riverton Terrace Tukwila 60
Shoreham Apartments Des Moines 18
Southridge House(a) Federal Way 80
Springwood Apartments Kent 346
Valli Kee Homes Kent 114
Victorian Woods Des Moines 15
Wayland Arms(a) Auburn 67
Yardely Arms(a) Burien 67
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1,239
(a) Denotes properties for elderly/disabled residents
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