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Common Ground's specialists work in partnership with a wide range of nonprofit and government agencies to fund, create and preserve affordable housing and community facilities. Our results are as diverse as our clients. Poke around the map to explore samples of our work. Hover over any point for more details.

  • Formerly Homeless

    Permanent and temporary housing with supportive services for formerly homeless adults and families.

  • Special Needs

    Permanent and temporary housing with supportive services for people with disabilities, health care needs or unique situations.

  • Senior Housing

    Housing with supportive services for seniors.

  • Tribal Housing

    Housing for Native people located in or near Indian Country.

  • Homeownership

    Single family homes for first-time home buyers and those whose incomes are at or below 80% of the Area Median Income.

  • Other

    Community facilities or low-income rental housing without supportive services.


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Red Marker Mason County Shelter and Shelton Creek Apartments
409 E Harvard Ave.
Shelton, WA 98584
Mason County Shelter and Shelton Creek Apartments
A 7-unit shelter for homeless families with children and an 8-unit low-income rental apartment building.
47.2064135 -123.0999303
Orange Marker Andrew’s Glen
4220 Factoria Blvd SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
Andrew’s Glen
We structured all the financing & served as a project manager for Imagine Housing resulting in 40 units of permanent supportive housing, half reserved for veterans.
47.570048 -122.1694378
Orange Marker Mitchell Manor
120 S Benton St.
Kennewick, WA 99336
Mitchell Manor
6 specially-made homes for low-income individuals with physical disabilities.
46.206761 -119.120344
Gray Marker 77 South Washington
77 S Washington St.
Seattle, WA 98104
77 South Washington
After the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, we helped plan Compass Housing Alliance's rebuilding process resulting in expanded services and upgraded headquarters.
47.6007109 -122.335285
Orange Marker A Place of Our Own
Address Confidential
A Place of Our Own
Nation's first housing project designed to meet the accessibility & security needs of deaf & deaf-blind women & families who've experienced domestic violence.
47.6050056507 -122.346153259
Orange Marker Aurora Place
8105 NE Fourth Plain Rd.
Vancouver, WA 98662
Aurora Place
25 new units of permanent supportive housing with 12 reserved for individuals with disabilities & 2 for persons with HIV/AIDS.
45.646918 -122.588512
Orange Marker Alder Commons
4308 76th St. NE
Marysville, WA 98270
Alder Commons
We provided full development services for Compass Health resulting in 18-units of housing for formerly homeless individuals with mental illness.
48.0644769 -122.172327
Orange Marker Albion Place
3520 Albion Pl.
Seattle, WA 98103
Albion Place
SHA owns the land. CPC provides the services. Common Ground handled the planning & financing. End result: 12 permanent homes for low-income folks with mental illness.
47.6499594 -122.3447278
Red Marker Francis Village
12601 NE 124th St.
Kirkland, WA 98034
Francis Village
45 homes for low-income families & 15 units of affordable workforce housing in Kirkland.
47.7098546 -122.1724789
Orange Marker Highline Village Townhomes
2600 SW Holden St.
Seattle, WA 98106
Highline Village Townhomes
24 homes uniquely designed to provide residents a sense of independent living with access to health care, peer support & counseling.
47.535064 -122.365671
Orange Marker Avalon Way Mutual Housing
2970 SW Avalon Way
Seattle, WA 98126
Avalon Way Mutual Housing
15 units of independent living in studio apartments with supportive services for individuals with mental illness.
47.5691137587 -122.371258736
Orange Marker Bringing It Home
818 W. Yakima Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
Bringing It Home
A rehab project resulting in 44 beds of emergency shelter, 16 units of transitional housing, a community center and YWCA administrative offices.
46.598443 -120.520913
Gray Marker Jersey Building
700 Virginia St.
Seattle, WA 98101
Jersey Building
We do much more than affordable housing, evidenced by successfully assisting Farestart in purchasing a new building to increase their capacity & integrate their offices.
47.6153606 -122.3372265
Orange Marker Auburn Four-Plex
3858 D Pl. SE
Auburn, WA 98002
Auburn Four-Plex
With our project management expertise, Valley Cities renovated this four-plex resulting in transitional housing for low-income folks with mental illness & their families.
47.2741277 -122.2230806
Orange Marker Milwaukee Park Apartments
209 S. Milwaukee St.
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
Milwaukee Park Apartments
15 homes for low-income folks with support spaces for mental health & other social services & within proximity to a Compass Health facility.
48.4148292 -122.3367968
Blue Marker Cedrus Cooperative
3730 Cedrus Ln.
Lummi Island, WA 98262
Cedrus Cooperative
We helped Lummi Island CLT homeowners plan and actually build their own houses while protecting the wetlands on the site.
48.711086 -122.684141
Red Marker Brettler Family Place
6800-6870 62nd Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Brettler Family Place
Decommissioned military base turned 51 units of housing for formerly homeless adults & families, including a new community center.
47.6807679 -122.2622027
Orange Marker Issaquah House
52 SE Bush St.
Issaquah, WA 98027
Issaquah House
4 units of permanent housing for low- to moderate-income individuals with developmental disabilities.
47.5283865 -122.0357273
Gray Marker Esperanza Farmworker Housing
43 Boundary Ave.
Mattawa, WA 99349
Esperanza Farmworker Housing
Uncommon thinking for the too-common problem of homelessness: we helped transform shipping containers into 40 units of housing for seasonal farm workers.
46.7368232 -119.896083
Red Marker Opal Court
634 / 636 N. Montgomery St.
Bremerton , WA 98312
Opal Court
Kitsap Community Resources' first transitional housing complex with 12 units for low-income families with children.
47.5685689 -122.651899
Blue Marker Homebuyer Opportunity Project (Capacity Building)
Highway 112 & Tribal Complex
Neah Bay, WA 98357
Homebuyer Opportunity Project (Capacity Building)
We provided impactful capacity building workshops and trainings for the Makah Housing Authority to enhance their ability to provide affordable housing to their community.
48.3681223 -124.6249602
Orange Marker Avalon Place
2988 SW Avalon Way
Seattle, WA 98126
Avalon Place
Transitional Resources' first permanent housing facility resulting in 16 units of permanent supportive housing for low-income adults with mental illness.
47.568026 -122.371193
Red Marker Duvall Community Service Center & Family Housing
26420 NE Virginia St.
Duvall, WA 98019
Duvall Community Service Center & Family Housing
We stepped in to facilitate the development process to help Friends of Youth & Hopelink create 8 units of housing for low-income families in the Snoqualmie Valley.
47.743479 -121.984887
Red Marker Kauffman Town Homes
3418 Kauffman Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98660
Kauffman Town Homes
Second Step Housing's first new construction project to feature 10 units of permanent housing.
45.6474389 -122.6808543
Orange Marker Maloney Heights (Supportive Housing Institute)
2317 W. 18th St.
Port Angeles, WA 98363
Maloney Heights (Supportive Housing Institute)
Our 2008 Supportive Housing Institute helped Serenity House develop 28 units of permanent supportive housing for low-income individuals with disabilities.
48.1227641 -123.4922505
Orange Marker Cascade Court
165 Johnson Rd.
Centralia, WA 98531
Cascade Court
11 units of permanent supportive housing for chronically mentally ill adults earning less than 50% of the area medium income.
46.7320787 -122.9818297
Yellow Marker LaSalle Hotel
85 Pike St.
Seattle, WA 98101
LaSalle Hotel
Historic renovation and new construction resulting in 64 units of permanent homes for low-income seniors in downtown Seattle.
47.6084446 -122.340445
Yellow Marker International Place
1701 E 44th St.
Tacoma, WA 98404
International Place
Award-winning building with 55 units for low income seniors, providing independent living with on-site services.
47.21787 -122.406059
Yellow Marker Lillian Rice Center and Belltown Senior Apartments
2208-2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
Lillian Rice Center and Belltown Senior Apartments
Unique mixed-use project combining independent housing with comprehensive services for seniors located above the organization's office headquarters.
47.6136236 -122.3446592
Red Marker Bay Vista
112-198 Russell Rd.
Bremerton, WA 98312
Bay Vista
One of Kitsap County's largest affordable housing projects, an 83-acre Hope VI redevelopment resulting in more than 800 units of affordable & market-rate homes with retail commercial space.
47.565763 -122.6760918
Red Marker Eernisse Apartments
17905 97th Place SW
Vashon, WA 98070
Eernisse Apartments
26 affordably-priced homes ensuring that households pay no more than 30% of monthly income to rent so low income families have a chance to call this island home.
47.444514 -122.458224
Orange Marker Rainier House
5270 Rainier Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98118
Rainier House
50 units of housing for people with mental illness who have spent long periods of time living on the streets or shelters in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the U.S.
47.5543782 -122.2816851
Gray Marker Lavender Hollow
38 Orion Ln.
Eastsound, WA 98245
Lavender Hollow
We helped Opal CLT financially prepare for the purchase of these apartments to ensure that very low income San Juan Island residents have affordable homes for years to come.
48.699103 -122.9090922
Red Marker Lake City Court
12531 33rd Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98125
Lake City Court
86-unit HOPE VI mixed-income project with 51 public housing units & 35 additional low-income units.
47.7201501 -122.2927438
Yellow Marker Providence House Yakima
312 N. Fourth St.
Yakima, WA 98901
Providence House Yakima
Rehabilitation of a 48-unit apartment building for low-income elderly residents.
46.607969 -120.50429
Yellow Marker J.G. Commons
17300 96th Place SW
Vashon, WA 98070
J.G. Commons
21 modern one-bedroom apartments suitable for households of senior singles & couples within walking distance of public transportation, parks & other amenities.
47.45084 -122.457084
Yellow Marker Senior City Apartments
31635 23rd Ave.
Federal Way, WA 98003
Senior City Apartments
Award-winning sustainably built Transit Oriented Development combining 62 units for low-income & disabled seniors & a 3,000-square-foot community facility.
47.318197 -122.304364
Red Marker Walnut Corners
1425 W. Broadway Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
Walnut Corners
An extensive partnership including four churches led to 47 affordable rental units with commercial space for neighborhood small businesses.
47.6641819 -117.433544
Yellow Marker Market Street Station
5101 N Market St.
Spokane, WA 99217
Market Street Station
33 units of affordable housing for low-income seniors & people with disabilities that was part of a historic downtown Spokane neighborhood renewal project.
47.704436 -117.365115
Orange Marker Hopelink Place
537 102nd Ave SE, Bellevue, WA
Bellevue, WA 98004
Hopelink Place
20-unit transitional housing facility for formerly homeless families with dependent children from land donated by the City of Bellevue.
47.6047914 -122.2040732
Purple Marker Northeast Neighborhood
6209 and 6301 21st St. NE
Tacoma, WA 98422
Northeast Neighborhood
Environmentally sustainable & culturally relevant project featuring 47 units of permanent housing, replicating the form of the traditional Puyallup longhouse.
47.275968 -122.364965
Purple Marker Teekalet Apartments
5931 Boston Lane NE
Kingston, WA 98346
Teekalet Apartments
Our finance expertise helped the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe proceed with the development of 15 new affordable rental homes for families and children.
47.8555935 -122.5694742
Orange Marker New Basin Inn/Bell Hotel
210 W. Division Ave.
Ephrata, WA 98823
New Basin Inn/Bell Hotel
We helped rehab this former hotel and registered historic landmark into affordable rental housing for individuals with chronic mental illness and ground floor commercial space.
47.320605 -119.552076
Orange Marker Pacific Pearl
330 Broadway Ave.
South Bend, WA 98577
Pacific Pearl
Multiple partnerships led to these 15 units of housing with supportive services for low-income people who have experienced domestic violence.
46.664121 -123.7948226
Purple Marker Sail River Heights Subdivision
Baadah Heights Rd.
Neah Bay, WA 98381
Sail River Heights Subdivision
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Red Marker Mukai Commons
1111 178th Pl. SE
Vashon, WA 98070
Mukai Commons
20 formerly dilapidated units of rental housing rehabbed into homes for low-income individuals & families.
47.4454193 -122.4611552
Blue Marker Salal Neighborhood
415 Carter Ave.
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Salal Neighborhood
15 single-family detached houses utilizing modular construction for first-time home buyers who earn less than 80% of San Juan County’s median income.
48.538267 -123.02995
Yellow Marker Stillaguamish Gardens
18308 Smokey Point Rd.
Arlington, WA 98223
Stillaguamish Gardens
Newly constructed separate addition to the existing Stillaguamish Senior Center adding 30 one-bedroom units for seniors in a fully accessible service-enriched campus environment.
48.1626803 -122.1831657
Red Marker The Summit at Bay Vista
4650 Bay Vista Blvd.
Bremerton, WA 98312
The Summit at Bay Vista
The first completed neighborhood of the 83-acre Bay Vista Hope VI redevelopment, resulting in 83 units of affordable & market-rate homes with retail space and parks.
47.5628591056 -122.674412727
Orange Marker Passage Point
15900 227th Ave. SE
Maple Valley, WA 98038
Passage Point
This one of a kind residential community for low-income parents recently released from the criminal justice system has 46 homes with a full range of supportive services.
47.451977 -122.0387658
Orange Marker ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
1415 NE 43rd St.
Seattle, WA 98105
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
We are helping manage the ROOTS YAS renovation so they may expand their bed capacity, build a hygiene center and upgrade their office space.
47.6597043 -122.3121943
Gray Marker Navos Mental Health and Wellness Center
1210 SW 136th Place
Burien, WA 98166
Navos Mental Health and Wellness Center
A 45,000 sq. ft. facility offering a full range of mental health care services within proximity of Navos’ low income housing to allow for full integration of therapy & support.
47.4806035 -122.3444826
Red Marker Kensington Square
141-156th Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
Kensington Square
6 units of transitional housing for large-sized families with children who were homeless or at risk of being homeless.
47.6078 -122.132561
Red Marker Rose Crest at Talus
341 Shangri La Way
Issaquah, WA 98027
Rose Crest at Talus
50 units of transitional and permanent housing for families & individuals in East King County.
47.53483 -122.071751
Purple Marker Squaxin Island Tribe Home Ownership Program
10 SE Squaxin Ln.
Shelton, WA 98584
Squaxin Island Tribe Home Ownership Program
Thanks in part to our technical assistance, the Squaxin Island Tribe is continuing to move forward with their Slocum Ridge Housing Project.
47.1216297 -123.0796577
Gray Marker Spokane Community Housing Association (Capacity Building)
1022 W. Shannon Ave.
Spokane, WA 99205
Spokane Community Housing Association (Capacity Building)
Common Ground’s technical expertise helped Spokane Community Housing Association plan for their organizational sustainability and housing portfolio growth.
47.676107 -117.42774
Gray Marker Spokane County Mental Health Housing Needs Report (Capacity Building)
312 W. 8th Ave.
Spokane, WA 99204
Spokane County Mental Health Housing Needs Report (Capacity Building)
We helped Spokane Community Housing Association generate this report on the housing needs for persons with mental illness in Spokane County.
47.64871 -117.416842
Yellow Marker South Seven Senior Village
100 Church Ln.
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
South Seven Senior Village
15 affordable one-bedroom homes for low-income seniors on the Olympic Peninsula.
48.0274662 -122.7614596
Blue Marker Kulshan Community Land Trust (Capacity Building)
215 W. Holly St., Ste. H20
Bellingham, WA 98225
Kulshan Community Land Trust (Capacity Building)
Common Ground’s technical expertise allowed Kulshan CLT to develop a business plan to facilitate their capacity growth and capital development and guide their program development for the next five years.
48.7509297 -122.4812182
Gray Marker Solid Ground Headquarters (Capital Needs Assessments)
1501 N. 45th St.
Seattle, WA 98103
Solid Ground Headquarters (Capital Needs Assessments)
Capital Needs Assessments for 133 units of transitional and permanent housing & 4 facilities, including the organization's main headquarters building.
47.6613182 -122.3389294
Red Marker Sunset Ridge
1864 N. Aurora Ave.
East Wenatchee, WA 98807
Sunset Ridge
This development has 32 units of permanent and transitional supportive housing with a community building and on-site childcare facility.
47.4328633 -120.2954161
Purple Marker t3ba.'das
80 N. Tribal Center Rd.
Skokomish, WA 98584
t3ba.'das
We were part of a team providing technical and financial packaging assistance so the Skokomish Tribe could begin the first phase of their 138-home development.
47.3215969 -123.1461882
Orange Marker Consejo Transitional Housing
Address Confidential
Consejo Transitional Housing
23 transitional housing units for extremely low-income Latino survivors of domestic violence & their children.
47.5929672432 -122.346496582
Yellow Marker Pine Meadows
630 N. Pine St.
Omak, WA 98841
Pine Meadows
10 units of Section 202 supportive housing for the elderly in rural Omak, Washington.
48.4168004 -119.5141013
Orange Marker Turning Pointe Shelter
Address Confidential
Turning Pointe Shelter
12 residential units for survivors of domestic violence and their children serving clients in Mason County and the surrounding communities.
47.2561649869 -123.020095825
Orange Marker Sun Ray Court
518 S Browne St.
Spokane, WA 99204
Sun Ray Court
76 units in an all-men residential facility with onsite treatment for chemical dependency and mental illness.
47.6507319 -117.413521
Orange Marker New Ground Kirkland
11005 NE 68th
Kirkland, WA 98033
New Ground Kirkland
A rehabbed apartment building now offering 8 units of transitional housing for homeless youth aged 18 to 21.
47.666204 -122.193058
Gray Marker Taking Health Care Home - Spokane (Capacity Building)
55 W. Mission Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
Taking Health Care Home - Spokane (Capacity Building)
Capacity-building services focused on discovering models for increasing the availability of permanent supportive housing nationwide.
47.671449 -117.412324
Gray Marker Tri-Cities Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing 2005-2009 (Capacity Building)
P.O. Box 190 MS 19
Richland, WA 99352
Tri-Cities Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing 2005-2009 (Capacity Building)
Common Ground developed the Tri-Cities Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing, 2005-2009, an extensive tool that can help determine if patterns of discrimination or lack of choice impact a community’s members.
46.2395793 -119.1005657
Orange Marker The Willows
179 SW 112th St.
Seattle, WA 98146
The Willows
Unique transitional housing with on-site support & treatment for 15 mothers with young children, recovering from mental illness, chemical dependency & homelessness.
47.5031084 -122.3355432
Blue Marker Wolcott Homes
8124 Wolcott Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98118
Wolcott Homes
We teamed up with Homestead CLT to transform unfinished houses and lots into affordable homes for first time home buyers.
47.529957 -122.26822
Red Marker Urness House
1753 NW 56th St.
Seattle, WA 98107
Urness House
We assisted Compass Housing Alliance in the development of 80 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless adults.
47.669226 -122.381251
Blue Marker Yakama Housing Program (Capacity Building)
611 S. Camas Ave.
Wapato, WA 98951
Yakama Housing Program (Capacity Building)
We helped the Yakama Nation improve their ability to navigate the complicated federal funding process and assisted them in developing a curriculum to empower their homeowners to maintain their properties.
46.4431878 -120.4172788
Blue Marker Vashon Household Co-Housing
10421 SW Bank Rd.
Vashon, WA 98070
Vashon Household Co-Housing
We assisted Vashon Household in building 5 homes that would later blossom into the 18-home Vashon Household Co-Housing community.
47.44634 -122.469137
Gray Marker Views at Madison
1615 19th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
Views at Madison
Mixed-use complex with 96 units of affordable apartment housing for low-income individuals and families with office space and organization headquarters.
47.6161045 -122.3075914
Orange Marker Willow Ridge
Address Confidential
Willow Ridge
Shelter and affordable rental housing for survivors of domestic violence & their families in and around Lincoln County.
47.8371270724 -118.377685547
Purple Marker Yakama Nation Housing Authority (Supportive Housing Institute)
611 S. Camas Ave.
Wapato, WA 98951
Yakama Nation Housing Authority (Supportive Housing Institute)
Our Supportive Housing Institute helped provide the Yakama Nation with the starter skills to assess how to move forward in building affordable housing for their community.
46.4431878 -120.4172788
Orange Marker Youth Emergency Services - North
525 Highland Dr.
Arlington, WA 98223
Youth Emergency Services - North
Emergency residential units for 8 runaway & homeless youth between the ages of 13 and 17, designed specifically for the needs of the youth population.
48.1877768 -122.1225333
Gray Marker Early Learning and Family Services Center (Capital Needs Assessments)
1201 Park St.
Bremerton, WA 98337
Early Learning and Family Services Center (Capital Needs Assessments)
We provided thorough Capital Needs Assessments of 20 housing units & 4 KCR buildings, including this community center for their early learning and family service programs.
47.571982 -122.630917
Purple Marker Tallawhalt
Squi Qui Lane
La Conner, WA 98257
Tallawhalt
16 new rental homes for low-income members of the Swinomish Tribe that had hands-on community input and an extensive grassroots design process.
48.3951709 -122.5046046
Red Marker Crescent Village
1585 Crescent St.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Crescent Village
18-units of transitional housing for formerly homeless families who have developed a 2-year action plan to achieve self-sufficiency.
47.405127 -120.300829
Red Marker Bay Vista South
4650 Bay Vista Blvd.
Bremerton, WA 98312
Bay Vista South
Bay Vista's second development with 63 units of affordable & market-rate homes with retail commercial area.
47.5679845016 -122.682051659
Orange Marker Aurora Supportive Housing
10507 Aurora Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
Aurora Supportive Housing
87-unit, 4-story, mixed-use building in north Seattle with housing and supportive services for homeless individuals living with mental illness.
47.705548 -122.345114