SHA Executive Director Rod Brandon was invited to speak at a national Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C. hosted by the U.S.

The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) honored the Seattle Housing Authority with six Awards of Merit. NAHRO’s awards were given in the Administrative Innovation category, which recognizes programs that improve the efficiency or effectiveness of administrative operations or the general functioning of the agency/organization and creates a resource bank of information performed by housing and redevelopment agencies and community development departments.

The Seattle Housing Authority has completed Sawara, its sixth new residential building at Yesler, a neighborhood near downtown Seattle that is being redeveloped by SHA into a vibrant, new mixed-income community. The building name honors Japanese culture in the neighborhood and can refer to a cypress tree or a type of fish.