Jeff Robinson receives lifetime achievement award!
Taylor Robinson accepting the award on behalf of his father, Jeff Robinson. Taylor read Jeff's short and touching acceptance speech: We...
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Sep 254 min
Catch up on U-District TOD Community Meeting!
Building rendering provided by HEWITT On Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 pm, the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) held a community...
Aug 62 min
City of Tukwila votes to support tiny house villages
Marta Kidane of LIHI (left at podium and on screen) testifies before the Tukwila City Council on August 5 to expand tiny house villages....
Aug 61 min
Pierce County Council support for tiny house villages is divided across party lines
The Pierce County Council’s Community Development & Environment Committee meeting on August 5. Chair Robyn Denson is at center. Yesterday...
Aug 52 min
Tribute to Chandler Gayton
Chandler Gayton (left) with King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay at the opening of LIHI’s Progressive Skyway Village Chandler Gayton...
Jul 171 min
Seeking Donations for Asylum Seekers
LIHI recently moved into housing 140 people, including 67 children, who were living in tents in South King County. We continue to work to...
Jul 171 min
Tacoma building tops out!
Patsy Surh Place has topped out! This joint project of LIHI and Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) is located in Tacoma's Lincoln...
Jul 21 min
LIHI Pride!
LIHI made a colorful splash at this year's Pride Parade! A volunteer-built tiny house, transformed into a Pride float, strutted down 4th...
Jun 252 min
LIHI and Partners Celebrate Maureen Howard Place Grand Opening
On June 24th, Maureen Howard's family, friends, and colleagues gathered with elected officials, project partners, housing supporters, and...
May 313 min
LIHI and Partners Celebrate Good Shepherd House Grand Opening
On May 29th, parishioners, clergy, elected officials, project funders, housing supporters, and LIHI staff gathered to celebrate the grand...
May 293 min
LIHI Purchases Aventine Apartments
68 Affordable Units in Downtown Bellevue On May 30th the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is purchasing the Aventine Apartments, a...
May 263 min
Good Shepherd House Grand Opening, May 29, 9:30am
May 29, 2024 9:30am Building tours available at 9:00am 1415 22nd Ave. Seattle The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is pleased to...
May 152 min
LIHI helping asylum seekers
Families living in tents at Powell Barnett Park LIHI has been advocating for and helping asylum seekers* since they began to congregate...
Apr 262 min
LIHI and ICHS to partner in CID Development
Property purchased by ICHS in Chinatown International District (CID) for new clinic and affordable housing International Community Health...
Apr 153 min
LIHI selected to develop 160 affordable homes in Seattle’s U District
Rendering by Hewitt The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is pleased to announce that Sound Transit and the Seattle Office of Housing...
Apr 101 min
New Buildings Going Up: Martin Way Phase 2 & Patsy Surh Place
Construction of Martin Way Phase 2, which began in July of last year, is well under way. Located at 111 Pattison St. NE in Olympia, the...
Feb 283 min
Black History in the Present: City of Seattle Designates Senator George Fleming Way
Councilmember Tammy Morales holding portrait of George Fleming with Tina Fleming, Sharon Lee, Nate Miles and the Fleming Family On...
Feb 282 min
Black History: Segregation; In 1969 Seattle Parks Dept. Stole Land from Church and Black Homeowners; Demand for Reparations
Seattle's Central Area was long the center of Black life and culture in Seattle. This was in part due to racist segregation and redlining...
Feb 283 min
Henderson Village Opening Celebration
Rev Lawrence Willis of Truevine of Holiness Missionary Baptist Church with Sharon Lee, LIHI Executive Director A community celebration...
Feb 211 min
Recent Black History - Black Lives Matter in the Central Area & Central Area Plan to Honor the Life of George Floyd
Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey Sr. and other pastors and leaders gathered in June 2020 to call for housing justice in the Central Area where...
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