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Press Releases

09/23/2024 – Africatown Plaza delivers 126 affordable homes and community empowerment to Seattle’s Central District

05/17/2024 – Community celebration marks start of construction on new affordable housing, unique community center in White Center

03/22/2024 – Community Roots Housing and Lake Union Partners collaborate on new housing, retail hub in Rainier Valley

01/23/2024 – Construction starts on 235 transit-connected affordable homes in north Seattle

10/18/2023 – Washington’s first affordable housing designed for LGBTQIA+ seniors opens

10/13/2023 – Preserving affordable housing in Belltown

09/21/2023 – Capitol Hill EcoDistrict joins Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

06/09/2023 – 13th & Fir ribbon-cutting on June 13

04/07/2022 – Community Roots Housing partners with Seattle Mennonite Church to build 250 affordable apartments, new church in Lake City

02/02/2022 – Africatown Community Land Trust and Community Roots Housing to break ground on community-led affordable housing development in Central District

12/12/2021 – Community Roots’ project in partnership with YouthCare receives funding award from Seattle Office of Housing

10/19/2021 – Community Roots Housing proposes redevelopment plans for West Seattle parking lots

08/27/2021 – Pride Place, First Washington LGBTQIA+ Affirming Senior Housing Project to Break Ground on Capitol Hill (joint press release)

08/11/2021 – Leaders in Community Development Commemorate the Groundbreaking of 156 New Homes for Families in Central Area

05/27/2021 – Closing on Construction Financing, 156 Affordable Homes Designed for Families Break Ground (joint press release)

06/15/2020 – Capitol Hill Housing announces renaming to Community Roots Housing
Community is in our roots, now it’s in our name.

Please note that press releases prior to June 2020 reflect our former name, Capitol Hill Housing.

04/01/2020 – CHH Launches COVID-19 Resilience Fund

02/04/2020 – Donna Moodie Joins Capitol Hill EcoDistrict as New Executive Director

11/18/2019 – King County Partners Join Together to Launch ‘We Are In’ Campaign to End Homelessness

03/25/2019 – SCIDpda Leads New Development for More Yesler Family Housing (joint press release)

03/19/2019 – Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting March 23rd (joint press release)