SEATTLE—June 1, 2004—The Seattle Housing Authority acquired the Main Street Place apartments, the third of three buildings in the Central Area, to complete replacement of the 21 Yesler Terrace units demolished to make way for the new Yesler Community Center.
The Main Street apartments, located at 2035 S. Main, adjacent to Blanche Lavizzo Park, have three 2-bedroom units and eight 3-bedroom units. Two of the three 2-bedroom units are considered replacement housing.
The Main Street Place apartments, located at 308 22nd Avenue South just across from Seattle Vocational Institute, have eight studio and 17 2-bedroom units.
The eight 2-bedroom units will count as replacement housing. The Main Street Place apartments also have several small commercial spaces, currently leased to a barbershop and hair salon, the property's former owner, and a nonprofit AIDS education and awareness group.
Yesler Court, at 114 23rd Avenue South near the Douglass Truth Library, has three 1-bedroom and six 2-bedroom apartments. All three 1-bedroom and two of the 2-bedroom units will count as replacement housing.
All three buildings have been built within the last ten years and are within easy walking distance of shopping at 23rd Avenue and Jackson Street, with good bus access on Jackson, Yesler and 23rd Avenue.
All units considered replacement housing will have a project-based Housing Choice Voucher to make rents affordable to households with incomes below 30 percent of the area median income.
In 2002, the Housing Authority purchased 37 3-and 4-bedroom townhomes in the Central Area; six of these are considered replacement units for the Yesler Community Center.
The new Yesler Community Center is under construction and scheduled to open later this year or in early 2005.