October 23, 2026
Habitat SKKC is partnering with youth nonprofit CAYA on a 32-unit building, plus community center, in the Central District.
Seattle’s Office of Housing is investing a combined total of $13.65 million in five projects that will create 77 new permanently affordable homes across the city.
The awards are from the 2026 Homeownership Notice of Funding Availability.
The projects will add townhomes and condominiums. All new homes will be available to families who earn up to 80% of the area’s median income.
Four of the developments are led by Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King and Kittitas Counties (Habitat SKKC). Those include a 32-unit condominium building in the Central District and a 29-unit condominium building in West Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood.
The Central District project, at 115 and 119 23rd Ave., is a partnership with local nonprofit Central Area Youth Association (CAYA). It will replace CAYA’s existing building, that dates to the 1920s, with a mixed-use property offering seven studios, six one-bedroom, and 19 two-bedroom homes plus a new location for CAYA on the ground level. Allied8 is the architect for the new building.
The project team also includes structural engineer Swenson Say Faget. A general contractor and construction timeline have not been publicly shared.
In addition to CAYA’s existing home, the project will replace an old house next door. Both buildings are owned by the nonprofit.
CAYA has been serving Central District youth and Black families since 1963. The organization began as a sponsor for youth sports in the neighborhood and grew into a more expansive organization that today focuses on academic programs, summer enrichment, and social behavior programs.
Habitat SKKC’s Delridge project, Puget Park Flats, will be five stories and add 17 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom permanently affordable homes to the neighborhood. That’s to rise at 5005 Delridge Way S.W. Habitat SKKC paid $830,000 for the development site in February. The DJC reported the sale in March. Seattle firm b9 Architects is designing the new building.
Habitat SKKC has undertaken several similar affordable condo projects in the last few years, including a 58-unit building that opened at 5022 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. this summer. Called Liberty Commons, that building is the organization’s largest single-building development to date and the largest multifamily building in Habitat for Humanity’s history.
In Rainier Valley, in partnership with African Community Housing & Development (ACHD), Habitat SKKC is underway on a 31-unit condominium building at 6740 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Exxel Pacific broke ground on that project in June. It should be completed next winter.
Close by, Habitat SKKC and ACHD are also partnering on a 36-unit condo project at 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. That is yet to break ground. Habitat SKKC previously said it should open in fall 2029.
MORE MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES
The city has also awarded Habitat SKKC homeownership grants for two townhome projects in Highland Park and Lake City. Combined, those will add 12 four-bedroom townhomes.
Brett D’Antonio, CEO of Habitat SKKC, said, “Investments like these are critical to expanding access to affordable homeownership in Seattle. These four Habitat developments will create 73 new affordable homes, building on our work in North Seattle while expanding our presence in West Seattle and bringing homeownership opportunities to more neighborhoods across the city. We’re grateful for the city of Seattle’s continued investment and for partnerships with organizations like the Central Area Youth Association that help more families put down roots, build equity, and achieve lasting financial stability.”
The fifth city awardee is Homestead Community Land Trust for a four-townhome community at 11174 Beacon Ave. S. in Rainier View.
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