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Affordable Housing Partnership

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We’re pleased to share news of a joint partnership that will yield additional affordable housing units in the U District. Here’s the story from the UW News office:

September 5, 2017

UW, Seattle Housing Authority plan to build affordable housing in the U District

UW News staff

The University of Washington and the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the two organizations to develop affordable housing in the University District.

The goal is to create a minimum of 150 affordable units that will be income restricted to those making 60 percent or less of area median income­­. Units will be offered first to University faculty and staff who meet income requirements before being made available to the general public under the same income requirements. The project will also include housing and services for homeless young adults, and possibly other services such as childcare.

“At the UW, we’re part of this community, and we see what Seattle’s growth has done to rents and mortgages. This partnership creates the opportunity to provide a new, affordable option to UW employees who could otherwise be priced out of living near where they work. It’s an expansion of our commitment to our employees, but it’s also the right thing to do for them and for the city we all call home,” said UW President Ana Mari Cauce.

“This project represents a significant contribution to two of our community’s most urgent needs: affordable housing and housing for homeless youth,” said SHA Executive Director Andrew Lofton. “We are pleased to partner with the University to help make this important project a reality.”

The two organizations will launch an RFP/RFQ process later this year to identify a development partner to construct and potentially manage the building. Contingent on financing, the goal is to have the facility open by 2021. The University already owns the property at 42nd and Roosevelt on which the building would be located.

This project represents the University’s ongoing commitment to support an inclusive and thriving University District and responds to the growing housing affordability crisis in the Seattle region.

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For more information, contact:

Aaron Hoard, UW Regional & Community Relations
206-953-5486
ahoard@uw.edu

Kerry J. Coughlin, Seattle Housing Authority
206-615-3506
kerry.coughlin@seattlehousing.org

CUCAC Meeting, October 2017

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The next CUCAC meeting will be held on October 10, 2017. For those of you who thought you may have missed one, rest assured you didn’t. There was no September CUCAC meeting, as after committee members finished their work on the Campus Master Plan, they took a one-month break. Next month’s agenda will appear in a separate post in early October.

Update on Temporary Bryants Building Homeless Shelter

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In April 2017, we shared information about the City of Seattle’s plan to locate a temporary homeless shelter in the Bryants Building adjacent to the University of Washington’s West Campus. The Bryants Building was formerly the University of Washington Police Department station and was transferred from the UW to the City to be turned into a park. That design work is under way and can be found here.

As a result of shelter space loss in other parts of the city, Seattle’s Human Services Department was forced to find alternate space for displaced homeless men needing shelter. Since work on the new park won’t start until fall, Bryants was available for this summer. Intended as temporary emergency shelter for individuals being served by Operation Nightwatch, the Bryants Building shelter became operational on May 10, providing a safe place for single, adult men to stay the night with capacity for just over 70 individuals.

The City is delivering on its commitment to relocate the shelter by the end of August to allow work to begin on the new Portage Bay Park. From the City of Seattle’s recent notice to neighbors:

 

“August 31, 2017 will mark the last full night of services being provided from this location. Services will be gradually scaled down over the Labor Day weekend, as individuals currently receiving shelter at the Bryant Building begin transitioning to other shelter locations including the new City-funded 24-hour enhanced shelter, Compass at First Presbyterian. The site will permanently close the morning of September 5, 2017.”

 

For information about some of the ways UW students, staff and faculty are responding to this region’s homelessness crisis, see the Addressing Homelessness webpage.

CUCAC Meeting Agenda, August 22, 2017

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Provided here is notification that the City of Seattle/University of Washington Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) will hold its next meeting. Please note the change in time.

 Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: UW Tower
4333 Brooklyn Avenue, 22nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98105

The agenda can be located here.

CUCAC Meeting Agenda, August 8, 2017

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Provided here is notification that the City of Seattle/University of Washington Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) will hold its next meeting. Please note the change in time.

MEETING #168: NOTICE & AGENDA
CITY OF SEATTLE/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CUCAC)

Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: UW Tower
4333 Brooklyn Avenue, 22nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98105

 

Agenda

6:00 PM Welcome and Introductions Chairperson

6:05 Housekeeping Chairperson
• Adoption of July 27 Minutes

6:15 Public Comment Public

6:25 Final CMP/EIS: Group Discussion Kjristine Lund

8:45 New Business Chairperson

9:00 PM Adjournment Chairperson

 

Times indicated are approximate and will be adjusted during the meeting as needed. Not all agenda items were known at the time the notice and agenda was mailed. Items may be added or removed, and their order on the agenda changed, prior to, and at the start of the meeting. All meetings are open to the public.

 

Download the agenda here.