Dear Friend of LIHI, We wish you and your family Happy Holidays! We are so grateful to you for helping low-income and homeless women, men and children access affordable housing, shelter and friendly places to shower and wash their clothes. Thank you if you have already made a year-end gift to LIHI. We appreciate you!  For 34 years we have developed innovative solutions to the housing and homelessness crisis. Because of your support, this year we were able to offer more than 1

Rev Lawrence Willis of Love-To presents gifts to Sharon Lee, LIHI Executive Director. LIHI's Gala & Auction  on Friday evening at the Four Seasons, plus Virtual Auction that ran from November 19 to December 3, raised a record $645,000! We are very grateful to everyone who participated. The  Gala & Auction , held in-person for the first time since the pandemic was a fun, fast-paced evening of bidding on exciting auction items, playing games, dashing for delicious desserts, lis

On November 30th, friends, family, and congregation members along with affordable housing supporters, gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of New Hope Family Housing, a joint project of New Hope Community Development Institute (NHCDI) and LIHI. New Hope Family Housing is a new mixed-use development with 92 units for families and individuals earning up to 50% and 60% of the Area Median Income. located on two properties owned by New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 114 an

Rent Assistance With the final vote on the City of Seattle 2026 budget last week, this is a good time to thank the Seattle City Council for adding $10 million in funding for rental assistance. Rent assistance is crucial in helping low-income families and individuals who fall behind in paying rent because of a financial crisis. Now Seattleites can count on these dollars to protect them from falling into homelessness. This is an added support to affordable housing providers in

LIHI staff and volunteers are busily at work setting up two new villages: Olympic Hills Village in Seattle and Church By the Side of the Road Village (CBSR) in Tukwila. Olympic Hills Village, located at 3121 NE 133rd St, Seattle will feature 45 tiny houses. LIHI will operate the village with the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church serving as the religious sponsor. The village will open before Christmas. Funding is provided by the City of Seattle and KCRHA. The CBSR Village is

It's Auction Season! Bid on gifts for the holidays & support LIHI! Virtual Auction: Nov 19 - Dec 3 Gala & Live Auction: Dec 5th at the Four Seasons Dear Friends, We are excited this year to be holding both virtual and live fundraising events so that all of our supporters near and far can participate. The Gala & Live Auction , our first since the pandemic, is back again at the Four Season Seattle, and features happy hour socializing and a fun silent auction followed by a sum

LIHI's Virtual Auction is our big annual public fundraiser for Tiny Houses and Urban Rest Stops. Get ready to support these programs and have a blast bidding on fun and fancy items in our virtual auction! You can register for free and preview items here . The Virtual Auction & Gala will start Wednesday, November 19th and run through Wednesday, December 3rd. It's not too late to donate an item to the auction. Please visit Donate an Auction Item . There is also still time to s

Last week, we called on the City of Seattle to add $10 million to the 2026 City budget for tenant-based rental assistance.  We’ve joined with our colleagues and have multiple organizations supporting this budget ask. This is what we sent to City Council this morning: Dear Seattle City Council Budget Committee Members, We are writing to request $10 million to be added to the budget for rent assistance targeted to tenants living in non-profit housing financed by the Office of H

New Hope West Building - Rendering by Weber Thompson Seattle, WA – The New Hope Community Development Institute ( NHCDI) and Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) are pleased to announce the start of construction for New Hope Family Housing.  The housing will be built on two properties owned by the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 114 and 123 21st Ave. in Seattle’s Central Area. The buildings will face each other across 21st Ave. and include a mix of studio, one, and two-

LIHI and other nonprofit housing providers are calling on the City of Seattle to add $10 million for tenant-based rental assistance - and we need your help!  The problem: Many tenants living in affordable housing funded by the Office of Housing (OH) are overburdened by the rising cost of living including food, medical care, transportation, child care, and other basic needs. With an eviction notice on their door, tenants are faced with the impossible decision to pay rent or t

Clifford and Melinda Nichols On September 24th, friends, family, and colleagues of Melinda and Clifford Nichols, along with affordable...

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We are pleased to announce that Nichols Court is ready for lease up and has received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy. Please see...

The City of Seattle has allocated $5.9 million in its 2025 budget to cover the permitting, construction, and operational costs for new...

On July 23rd, Tacoma and Pierce County shelter and housing agencies and supporters gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Kingfisher...

Rosie's Tiny House Village Grand Opening On July 2nd, a community celebration was held to mark the grand re-opening of Rosie’s Village....

Rendering by Runberg Architecture Group LIHI is pleased to announce that construction is set to start on 125th Senior Housing, a 90-unit,...

LIHI is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new location of Rosie’s Village, a tiny house village that was originally located in...

On May 21st, the Tacoma Lincoln District community, the Asia and Pacific Islander community, local and state legislators, APCC and LIHI...