Bryant Manor Phase I in Seattle is a new development that will create 100 affordable homes in the city for households earning 30%-60% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund will support the new development with a grant of $2.8 million to First A.M.E. Housing Association (FAME), a minority-led non-profit committed to building strong communities for low-income seniors and families in Seattle's historic Central District.

Calvary 1, built on the former site of an African American Baptist church with strong ties to the community in eastern Seattle, will include 122 units in a new construction apartment building for households earning 80% AMI. Gardner Global is led by Jaebadiah Gardner, a fellow of the LISC-Puget Sound Accelerator Program, which is a two-year, part-time professional development program that aims to foster the careers of emerging real estate developers of color.

Cubix Othello is an affordable housing community in southeast Seattle. With the support of the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, which has committing low-rate loan of $7.4 million, local developer NexGen Housing Partners will preserve 85 affordable homes for households earning 40%-75% AMI. NexGen Housing Partners specializes in developing transit oriented, affordable, eco-friendly housing in Seattle.

El Centro Columbia City, an 87-unit housing complex by El Centro de la Raza, that will feature an accredited bilingual child development center, and church space for a small community congregation called Church of Hope. El Centro de la Raza is an organization grounded in the Latino community of Washington state. The organization has teamed up with Amazon to develop affordable homes in the predominantly Spanish-speaking Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle, which has been identified as a high-risk community for the residential displacement of low-income and working families. The transit-oriented development--a half-mile from the Columbia City Light Rail Station, provides affordable housing for families earning between 30%-60% AMI offers mixed-use affordable housing in an area currently experiencing residential displacement pressure.

Grand Street Commons and Mount Baker Village will provide 359 affordable apartment homes for households at or below 60% AMI in Seattle, Washington. These developments are by Mount Baker Housing Authority (MBHA), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing in southeast Seattle. The Grand Street Commons will include 4,500 square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space, plus rotating arts and cultural exhibit space hosted by the Cultural Space Agency. Mount Baker Village will offer a resident services program that provides financial assistance, health resources, life skills and education, family and youth services, and community cultural events. Both projects will be located just blocks from existing or future light rail stations.

Grata at Totem Lake in Kirkland is a new affordable apartment development currently under construction, comprising 125 new affordable housing units for households earning 50%-60% AMI. Amazon Housing Equity Fund is supporting the project With a $12.5 million low-rate loan.

Housing Hilltop in Tacoma, Washington is a new-build apartment complex with 230 new affordable housing units for households earning 60% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund has provided a $22.5 million low-rate loan to the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA), which provides high-quality, stable and sustainable housing and supportive services to people in need.

North Lot in Seattle is a development with 160 newly constructed affordable housing units in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on the Pacific Tower campus (site of Amazon’s former headquarters). These homes will be for households earning 50%-60% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund will give a $3 million grant to the Seattle Chinatown International District PDA (SCIDpda) to manage the development. SCIDpda is a community development organization whose mission is to preserve, promote, and develop the Seattle Chinatown International District (CID) as a vibrant community and unique ethnic neighborhood via affordable housing and commercial property management, real estate development, and community development.

Redondo Heights in Federal Way is a new housing development comprising 334 homes for households earning 50%-60% AMI. Shelter Resources, a company that develops affordable housing throughout the Pacific Northwest, will built this complex. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund has offered a $20 million low-rate loan to support construction.

Renton Sage Apartments in Renton, WA will include the preservation of 284 affordable housing units for households earning 60%-80% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund is partnering with local nonprofit Bellwether Housing to ensure these units remains affordable and is offering $39.7 million in low-rate loans to support this project.

Samma Senior Apartment Community in Bothell, WA is a newly constructed housing development that will include 76 affordable units for senior citizens earning under 50% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund has issued a $2 million grant to Imagine Housing to begin development. Imagine Housing is a minority-led, local nonprofit that develops permanent affordable rental homes in East King County that provide easy proximity for individuals and families to live near their jobs, good schools, transportation, and health services.

The Arches Apartments in Seattle is an apartment community with 25 affordable homes being preserved in the city’s Brighton neighborhood for households earning 60%-80% AMI. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund is supporting the preservation with a $2 million grant to Southeast Seattle Senior Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides housing to low-income seniors in the Southeast Seattle area. Amazon committed these funds after learning of a community-based effort to save The Arches from being sold for development.

The Blueprint Portfolio is a collection of 354 affordable housing units in six buildings – all in close proximity to public transportation - being preserved across the greater Seattle, WA region. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund has extended a $37.9 million low-rate loan to SRM Development, which is working with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle to preserve these homes for residents earning 40%-80% AMI. SRM Development is a real estate company specializing in multi-family, senior housing, affordable, and mixed-use development and construction in high barrier, urban markets across the western United States.