{"id":12901,"date":"2024-10-03T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/?p=12901"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:01:22","slug":"evergreen-impact-housing-fund-and-inland-group-announce-opening-of-spanaway-affordable-housing-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/blog\/evergreen-impact-housing-fund-and-inland-group-announce-opening-of-spanaway-affordable-housing-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen Impact Housing Fund and Inland Group Announce Opening of Spanaway Affordable Housing Apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evergreen Impact Housing Fund and Inland Group Announce Opening of Spanaway Affordable Housing Apartments<\/h2>\n

Copper Way is now open to working families in Pierce County<\/em><\/p>\n

SPANAWAY, WA \u2014 October 3, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Evergreen Impact Housing Fund<\/a> (EIHF) is pleased to announce the opening of its third project, Copper Way in Spanaway<\/a>. The development brings more than 250 affordable housing units to the South Sound area, marking the completion of EIHF\u2019s first investment in Pierce County.<\/p>\n

Copper Way features 256 garden-style affordable units and prioritizes apartments for families. More than 80% of Copper Way\u2019s units have two or more bedrooms, including 80 three- and four-bedroom apartments built with families in mind. EIHF\u2019s first-of-its-kind financing structure enables developers to create more family-sized units, working closely with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission<\/a> to complement public funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cCopper Way is testament to the role innovative partnership can play in growing our region\u2019s supply of affordable housing,\u201d said Ken Takahashi, EIHF fund manager and Director of Social Impact Investing at Seattle Foundation. \u201cWe need creative, cross-sector solutions like EIHF to meet Washington\u2019s growing need for housing. All our partners\u2014the developer working with public and private sector funders\u2014came together to make this project possible. We\u2019re thrilled working families can now call Copper Way home.\u201d<\/p>\n

A consortium of Washington State credit unions contributed to the financing of Copper Way. BECU<\/a>, Sound Credit Union<\/a>, Verity Credit Union<\/a>, and Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU<\/a>) have been investors in EIHF since 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to celebrate the opening of Copper Way, a testament to the power of collaboration in addressing our region’s housing challenges,\u201d said the network of credit unions in a joint statement. \u201cThis project demonstrates how innovative partnerships, including ours with the Seattle Foundation, can create tangible solutions for our communities. By providing affordable homes for 256 families in Pierce County, we’re investing in the future of our neighbors and the vitality of our region. As credit unions, we’re proud to support projects like Copper Way that make a real difference in people’s lives and contribute to a more equitable and thriving Puget Sound area.\u201d A second credit-union supported project in Renton is expected to open to families in 2025.<\/p>\n

Inland Group developed the Copper Way project, which broke ground in July 2023. \u201cWe all need to work together to create the policies and tools that make it possible to efficiently build and sustainably operate affordable housing, and Copper Way has been a great example of that collaboration\u201d said Charlie Anderson, President of the Inland Group. \u201cInland was proud to partner with the Housing Finance Commission, EIHF, the Metropolitan Development Council, and Pierce County so that we can help hundreds of families pursue their dreams. I especially want to thank Pierce County Councilmember Ryan Mello for his tireless work \u2013 without his vision and dedication this new community would not exist.\u201d EIHF and Inland Group are also collaborating on another project in Kirkland, expected to open in 2026.<\/p>\n

In an increasingly unaffordable region, all units at Copper Way will be aimed at individuals and families earning 60% of the area median income<\/a> or less (or $69,480 income for a family of four), offering a 31-38% discount to current market rents. Copper Way is close to public transportation and essential stores, including a grocery store. The complex features a fully furnished clubhouse that holds the leasing office, resident lounge, business center, game room, and fitness center.<\/p>\n

Representatives from Inland Group, the credit unions, Pierce County Council, Pierce County Human Services, and EIHF gathered for a grand opening event this morning. The celebration culminated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the building. Copper Way is currently accepting resident applications. https:\/\/www.copperwayapts.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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ABOUT EIHF:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Evergreen Impact Housing Fund (EIHF) is managed by the Seattle Foundation and is a multi-sector partnership, providing catalytic impact capital to build more affordable apartments in Washington State. EIHF\u2019s investments are designed to ensure financial feasibility of projects, counteract market distortions, complement established financing for affordable housing, and advance positive outcomes for working families, especially for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Learn more at https:\/\/evergreenimpact.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12901"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12964,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901\/revisions\/12964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}