TENANTS COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON STATE AMONG 15 GROUPS TO WIN TOTAL OF ` $5 MILLION TO CREATE TENANT RESOURCE NETWORKS

SEATTLE, WA – June 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Tenants Union of Washington State is among 15 nonprofit organizations nationwide to have been awarded a total of $5 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new Tenant Resource Network program to assist tenants receiving Section 8 project-based rental assistance at risk of being priced-out of the rental market. TRN nonprofits will assist, inform, educate and engage tenants living in certain Section 8-assisted properties at risk of losing affordability protections or project-based rental assistance