BECU Housing Stability Grants

Meet our 2022 award recipients!

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BECU Housing Stability Grants

Meet our 2022 award recipients!

In 2021, the Washington State Legislature passed Section 6 of House 1277, a measure created to address the challenges of affordable housing, housing stability and homeless in Washington State. The BECU Foundation responded to this measure and to immediate needs within our local communities by creating a new grant program known as the BECU Foundation Housing Stability Grant.

Through this program, we're excited to have awarded grants to our first group of grant recipients! Here's a list of grant recipients for 2022.

2022 Housing Stability Grant Awardees - $100,000 Each:

Track 1: Foreclosure Prevention

Track 2: Eviction Prevention

2022 Housing Stability Grant - $10,000 In-Kind Donation Each:

Congratulations to these nonprofits that are challenging housing instability in our communities!

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About Grants

The goal of the BECU Foundation Grants is to achieve the following:

  • Provide access to products and services that protect individuals and households from financial hardship during economic downturns.
  • Address inequitable economic systems that create greater financial obstacles for vulnerable communities.
  • Reach under-tapped, underbanked, low(er) income and underserved diverse communities including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), women, LGBTQIA+, disabled and resident of rural communities in BECU service areas.

The BECU Foundation Housing Stability grant has two tracks:

Track 1: Homeowner Foreclosure Prevention

Nonprofit organizations can submit a grant proposal focused on preventing foreclosure in the following areas:

  • Mortgage payment assistance due to loss of income, owing back mortgage.
  • Foreclosure prevention and diversion counseling.
  • Case management (as part of housing stability).
  • Legal services or attorney's fees related to foreclosure proceedings and maintaining housing.
  • Specialized services for individuals with disabilities or seniors.
  • Fair housing counseling.

Track 2: Renter Eviction Prevention

Nonprofits can submit a grant proposal focused on preventing eviction in the following areas:

  • Rent payment assistance due to loss of income, owing back rent.
  • Eviction prevention and diversion counseling.
  • Mediation between landlords and tenants.
  • Case management (as part of housing stability).
  • Legal services or attorney's fees related to eviction proceedings and maintaining housing.
  • Specialized services for individuals with disabilities or seniors.
  • Fair housing counseling.

BECU Foundation Housing Stability Grant Official Rules (PDF)