Housing Equity Listening Project
(H.E.L.P)
The Housing Equity Listening Project (H.E.L.P.) is a community-driven effort to better understand housing conditions, repair needs, and barriers faced by renters and homeowners in our community. A Resident Advisory Board (RAB) of local residents will guide the project by co-designing a multilingual survey, helping interpret findings, and shaping recommendations to improve housing stability and equity. Through surveys, storytelling, and community engagement, the project will inform decision makers and programs that support housing stability across South King County.
For questions, project information, or to get involved, please contact kayla@southkingtools.org
Project Status
✔ Form Resident Advisory Board
✔ Create Survey
>> Administer survey within our community
Hold Story Circles
Synthesize Data
Share Data
Want to Help?
Help Us Make the Survey More Accessible
Do you speak another language, or know someone who does?
We’re working to translate our Housing Equity Listening Project (HELP) survey into Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Dari, Punjabi, and Tagalog.
We’d love to connect with native speakers who can review the translations and make sure the questions sound natural, clear, and meaningful to the communities we hope to reach.
Have a connection who might be able to help? We’d love an introduction! Email kayla@southkingtools.org.
Where Does Your Community Gather?
Book clubs, knitting circles, community suppers, faith communities, neighborhood groups, hobby clubs… wherever people come together, there may be an opportunity to share the HELP survey!
We’re looking for welcoming community gatherings in South King County, North Pierce County, and Unincorporated areas where we can connect with people and hear about their experiences with home maintenance and repairs.
Know of a group or gathering we should reach out to? We’d love your suggestions. Email kayla@southkingtools.org.
There are many ways to get involved:
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Join the Resident Advisory Board (RAB)
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Join us at our H.E.L.P. Listening Sessions to share your thoughts!
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Help us administer the survey within our community
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Host story circles
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Invite us to your club or community meeting
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Provide marketing and outreach support
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Assist with data synthesis
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Connect us with potential partners and decision-makers
Resident Advisory Board (RAB) & Listening Sessions
We are working with a cross-section of our community, representing diverse housing experiences and perspectives from across South King County, to co-create the survey, share it with the community, and interpret the results.
Join us at our H.E.L.P. Listening Sessions to share your thoughts!
Meetings & Listening Sessions
SKTL Auburn Location
410 H Street NE, Auburn WA 98002
(Behind Messiah Lutheran Church)
Connect us with your neighbors and community
We welcome your referrals! If there are residents, tenants, homeowners, community leaders, or clients you believe would be interested in contributing their perspectives, please share this opportunity with them and encourage them to apply -- or share their info with me and I will reach out! We would also be grateful if you could share this opportunity through your networks, newsletters, social media channels, or community meetings.
About the Project
We have been selected to participate in the RWJF Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program!
RWJF, in partnership with the Urban Institute, awarded 30 grants nationally to help communities use data to catalyze action and create healthier communities with projects on housing, transportation, community safety, climate and environment, the built environment, and healthy food access.
Our project focuses on housing. We are excited about this opportunity and look forward to sharing our work with you.