An annual report looks back to the past and forward to the future. It marks progress, sharing the challenges and the successes—what obstacles do we foresee and how do we plan to leap over them? As we enter our fiftieth year serving community in Seattle, these questions appear more starkly than ever.
The post-pandemic years have been challenging for residents and the affordable housing sector as a whole. The path to full recovery remains steep for low-income people facing obstinate financial stress and global worry. Our sector continues to grapple with collections and rapidly escalating costs, while the path for delivering new housing increases in complexity at every step.
How does Community Roots Housing respond? By doubling down on our commitment to resident success, through the creation of the Resident Advisory Council, which holds us accountable to the needs of residents. By reinvesting in our existing portfolio via projects like the gut rehab of the Devonshire apartments. By opening the doors at Africatown Plaza, creating a cultural anchor in a rapidly changing neighborhood. And by breaking ground on innovative new projects like our collaboration with YouthCare in Capitol Hill, our development with BRIDGE Housing in Northgate, and a transformative community project in White Center in partnership with the White Center Community Development Association.
For fifty years, Community Roots Housing has proven that it is up to the challenge through innovation, transparency, hard work, and always putting residents first. As we look to the future, we invite you to join us. Your thought leadership, project partnership, and support will be a vital component of our success—today, and for the next 50 years.
Warm regards,
Chris and Frank