Tag: transit-oriented development

King County’s first affordable housing complex for LGBTQIA+ seniors opens in Capitol Hill

Categories Housing, Homelessness and Community Development

GenPride Executive Director Judy Kinny, Community Roots Housing CEO Chris Persons, and Dr. Karen Fredriksen Goldsen share in the ribbon-cutting for Pride Place. Behind them are community members and Pride Place funding partners, including Sound Transit CEO Julie Trimm, Seattle Office of Housing Director Maiko Winkler Chin, King County Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Director…

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Innovative partnership houses seniors and veterans in First Hill: Seattle’s first and largest affordable housing high-rise in over 50 years

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Housing, Homelessness and Community Development, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

Tuesday marked the grand opening of Blake House and The Rise on Madison, an affordable housing high-rise brought to life through a partnership between nonprofits Bellwether Housing and Plymouth Housing. Located in the First Hill neighborhood in Seattle, the 17-story building is a blend of permanent supportive housing for seniors and veterans experiencing chronic homelessness,…

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