Constellation Center & Apartments

As rising costs of living continue to worsen regional homelessness, this project strives to combine the benefits of affordable housing, social services, and transit-oriented development. Through this development, YouthCare, Community Roots, and Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) will create 84 new affordable homes for low-income households alongside a hub serving homeless youth in the heart of Capitol Hill.

The 2024 Point-in-Time Count identified 16,868 people experiencing homelessness in King County. Almost 1,800 of those were young people ages 12 to 24. Today, youth must navigate a fragmented network of service providers to access the support they need. This project will create YouthCare’s Constellation Center, a one-stop facility providing workforce training, education, financial empowerment, and holistic social services all under one roof.

At the corner of Broadway and Pine in Capitol Hill, Community Roots Housing, YouthCare, and SCIDpda have partnered to develop a shared campus that combines affordable housing with supportive services for young people experiencing homelessness.

Community Roots Housing will build and operate 84 new affordable homes with fifteen apartments reserved for youth exiting homelessness. Next to the residential component, a new hub for YouthCare will rise: the Constellation Center. With a façade rebuilt in the style of the original Booth building, YouthCare’s new 27,700-square-foot facility will offer education, job training, and wraparound services for at-risk youth.

The development will provide YouthCare’s clients with a path from housing to support services and career training. Outside the Constellation Center, the apartments will increase the stock of affordable housing in the dense, walkable Pike/Pine neighborhood for people of all ages.

The Constellation Center & Apartments broke ground in January 2025. We expect to place the project into service in 2027.

Income Qualifications

The new residential building will provide a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments operated by Community Roots Housing. The 84 affordable homes will serve people making 30-50% of the area median income. In 2024, that was the equivalent of an individual making between $31,620 and $52,700. Fifteen of these apartments will be set aside for youth exiting homelessness.

Location

1534 Broadway and 909 E. Pine Street, Seattle

Situated at the corner of Pike and Broadway, the housing project and the Constellation Center will appear as a combined campus from the street. The new 84 apartments will add affordable housing close to schools, jobs, healthcare, and transit. Within a 15-minute walk, residents will be able to access:

The project requires complex financing combining debt, tax credit equity, and critical state, county, and city funding. The project has received funding commitments from:

• Seattle Office of Housing
• King County
• Washington State Department of Commerce
• JP Morgan Chase
• National Equity Fund
• Seattle Human Services Department
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development