| Rainier Vista: HOPE VI
Revitalization |
| In August 1999, HUD
awarded the Seattle Housing Authority a $35 million HOPE VI grant to
redevelop Rainier Vista, a 481-unit World War II era garden community in
Southeast Seattle. |
| The Rainier Vista HOPE VI
redevelopment plan: |
- Builds on SHA's nationally
recognized HOPE VI redevelopment, NewHolly, and the innovative Jobs
Plus demonstration program, now at Rainier Vista.
- Helps achieve the City of Seattle's
Consolidated Plan goal to provide decent housing by replacing
Rainier Vista's worn-out housing with new units that better meet
current needs.
- Helps implement the Columbia City
Neighborhood Plan by emphasizing transit-oriented development
adjacent to the Columbia City light rail station.
- Will make homeownership possible
for 200 low-income and working families.
- Results in no net loss of rental
units for very low-income people in Seattle.
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| When the Rainier Vista HOPE VI
application was submitted in May 1999, there were 481 households
including: |
- 190 elderly and disabled
- 160 working families
- 131 other households
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| The current
revitalization plan calls for a mixed-income community of 1,010 housing
units with: |
- 310 public housing units for very
low-income people
- 22 units for very low-income people
with disabilities
- 78 units for very low-income
elderly
- 200 affordable for-sale homes for
low-income working families
- 300 homes for sale to the general
public
- 100 workforce housing units
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| Other Plan Components |
- Parks and community gardens
- Community space to house existing
and new social services will be located on site to meet residents'
needs.
- Approximately 60,000 square feet
of retail and community-facilities space in mixed-use structures in
close proximity to the proposed light rail station.
- 71 off-site replacement rental
units for very low-income people.
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