We embrace community-led development and engage in deep-rooted partnerships because it takes all of us to create equitable, vibrant communities. Learn about our current buildings here.
Community Roots Housing has roughly 1,600 apartments in our development pipeline. We are actively seeking to expand our portfolio to help address the affordability crisis in Seattle. We aim to accomplish this by developing new affordable properties, rehabilitating and preserving current affordable housing, and acquiring existing buildings.
Capitol Hill has a long history of being a home and cultural center for LGBTQIA+ life in Seattle. Community Roots Housing hopes to preserve and enhance this proud tradition by developing LGBTQIA-affirming affordable apartments for seniors in the neighborhood in partnership with leaders from LGBTQIA+ and health organizations.
13th & Fir Family Housing is a joint venture to develop 156 apartments of affordable homes for working families in and around the communities of Yesler Terrace, Little Saigon, and the Central District. Apartments at 13th & Fir Family Housing have been designed for families of various sizes: studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, and 4-bedroom apartments are available. The project, a six-story building, includes space for a large childcare facility run by Denise Louie Education Center and is located directly across the street from Bailey Gatzert Elementary School. 
Situated on 23rd and Spring at the south end of the Midtown Block redevelopment, this collaboration between 
Community Roots Housing is partnering with Seattle JazzED to build an innovative project in the heart of the Rainier Valley. The project will bring over 100 units of new housing to the neighborhood alongside a state-of-the-art music and performance center. Located near transit, the planned performing arts facility will create a place of creativity, access, inclusion, and belonging for the entire Seattle community. Learn more project details on 
Located at Union and 14th, the Heartwood project will bring 126 units of workforce housing to central Seattle, filling a critical need for middle-income housing in the city. At eight-stories tall, this project is anticipated to be one of Washington’s tallest cross-laminated timber (CLT) buildings and one of the first affordable housing projects to be built with CLT in the nation. CLT is an environmentally friendly building material that dramatically lowers the overall carbon footprint of the structure and boasts superior acoustic, fire, seismic, and thermal performance. 
Community Roots Housing is partnering with YouthCare, a nonprofit devoted to ending youth homelessness, to create a new, eight-story mixed-use building on the southeast corner of Broadway and E. Pine. Located in the heart of Capitol Hill, this project is just down the street from Community Roots’ Pride Place project. The YouthCare project will create more than 80 new affordable apartments in the neighborhood, including units designated and set aside for youth experiencing homelessness. The building will also f