275 10th Street Supportive Housing
San Francisco, California
A project of Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, 275 10th Street Supportive Housing features 134 single-room occupancy units for chronically homeless single adults in San Francisco. Download the profile (PDF, 131K).

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Agnes Street Apartments
Detroit, Michigan
Two blocks north of the Detroit River, which forms part of the international border between the U.S. and Canada, is Agnes Street Apartments. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit urban development consists of two three-story apartment buildings on a former grayfield.
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Arnett Watson Apartments
San Francisco, California
Arnett Watson Apartments features 83 units of supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals and families. Amenities include a laundry room, community meeting space with kitchen, outdoor courtyards, supportive services offices, on-site parking and retail space. Download the profile (PDF, 190K).

Ashby Lofts
Berkeley, California
Ashby Lofts is a new, mixed-income rental community for people with special needs earning between 30 and 50 percent of area median income. Download the profile (PDF, 178K).

Azotea Senior Apartments
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Azotea Senior Apartments is the new construction of a 60-unit development in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The development features 14 one- and two- story buildings containing 24 one bedroom and 36 two-bedroom apartments. Download the profile (PDF, 161K).

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Broadway Crossing
Seattle, Washington
Home to 44 affordable apartments in Seattle’s historic Capitol Hill neighborhood, Broadway Crossing was not part of the original plan for the corner of Broadway and East Pine Street. . Download the profile (PDF, 271K).

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Carter Woods Phase II
Richmond, Virginia
Carter Woods is an affordable rental community in Eastern Henrico County just outside of Richmond. Constructed to EarthCraft Multi-Family Standards, it adds 72 one- and two-bedroom apartments for senior citizens to the 80 units completed in Phase I. Download the profile (PDF, 152K).

Central Park at Stapleton
Denver, Colorado
This new rental development in Denver is designed to provide affordable units for households making less than 50 percent of area median income, while also incorporating principles of sustainable design and green building standards.
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Clara Vista
Portland, Oregon
Clara Vista Townhomes is the new construction of 44 units of family housing in Portland, Oregon. The townhomes will provide 34 three bedroom and 10 four bedroom units in seven two and three-story buildings located on two separate parcels. Download the profile (PDF, 164K).

Clover Field Marketplace
Chaska, Minnesota
This development is a vital piece of Chaska’s goal to create an economically diverse neighborhood at Clover Ridge. Clover Field Marketplace creates a compact, mixed-used, pedestrian and transit-oriented residential neighborhood. Download the profile (PDF, 91K).

Colonia Amistad
Independence, Oregon
Colonia Amistad is a 38-unit family apartment complex for very low-income farmworker families. The development includes 15 residential buildings and a community center. Open space is a key feature of the site, with many mature trees retained, including two groves of oak trees. Download the profile (PDF, 240K).

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David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens
New York, New York
Includes homes for families earning less than 60 percent of the Area Median Income and youth aging out of foster care. It consists of 28 studio, 24 one-bedroom and 33 two-bedroom apartments.
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Denny Park
Seattle, Washington
Denny Park Apartments is the new construction of 50 units of affordable housing serving families in the South Lake Union area of Seattle. Rental units will include studios and one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.
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Diversity Homes
New York, New York
Diversity Houses is aptly named to reflect the fabric of its community, a historic neighborhood on the lower east side of Manhattan, where immigrant families settled in the 19th and 20th centuries and where many European, Asian, Italian and Latin American New Yorkers can still trace their roots. Download the profile (PDF, 543K).

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Evergreen Park
Potsdam, New York
This 100-unit rehab will improve access for the disabled and improve energy efficiency. PHA will minimize disruption to current residents, enabling them to stay in their homes as long as possible, relocate to other homes in the project while their building was being worked on, and move back into the rehabbed home as soon as possible. Download the profile (PDF, 145K).

Galen Terrace
Washington, D.C.
Located in the heart of an historic district, Galen Terrace is a rehab of an existing Section 8 housing community. It is comprised of three three-story apartment buildings in the Anacostia neighborhood of South East Washington, DC. Download the profile (PDF, 154K).

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Highline MHC Townhomes
Seattle, Washington
This project includes two 4,296 square-foot buildings, each containing three four-bedroom, two-bath units, as well as a 640 square-foot common area building. It was designed to provide comfortable townhouse-style homes for mentally-ill residents. A wide range of amenities, including 24-hour emergency health care, are provided. Download the profile (PDF, 360K).

High Point
Seattle, Washington
High Point consists of 320 newly built homeownership units and 459 rental units in West Seattle. Three hundred and forty-four of the rental units are syndicated with low-income housing tax credits. These one- to five-bedroom units are contained in 127 buildings.
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Hotel Essex
San Francisco, California
Constructed originally in 1912, the seven-story Hotel Essex is being converted into 84 single-room-occupancy units for homeless individuals with disabilities. The building will also feature 3,000 square feet of street-level commercial space and 5,500 square feet of community facilities. Download the profile (PDF, 144K).

James Wood Apartments
Los Angeles, California
The JW Apartments are on two urban reuse sites in a neighborhood immediately west of Downtown Los Angeles. The development offers critically needed affordable family housing and daycare in a redevelopment area with exceptionally good access to the kinds of services and facilities the tenants need. Download the profile (PDF, 163K).

Kingsbury Place
Walker, Michigan
Kingsbury Place consists of 44 units in ten buildings, providing homes for extremely low-income and chronically homeless individuals in the Kent County area. The developer plans to receive LEED certification for Kingsbury Place as a pilot project for the LEED-H certification process.
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Laurel Crest Apartment Homes
Lancaster, California
The complex includes four residential buildings housing 36 two-bedroom and 36 three-bedroom homes ranging from 900 to 1,100 square feet, each with two bathrooms.
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Laurel Village
Bellingham, Washington
This project involves the construction of 51 housing units on the site of an old railroad roundhouse and repair shop on a bluff overlooking Bellingham Bay. It will include 24 one-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom apartments in three buildings with underground parking.
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Lincoln Woods
Portland, Oregon
Lincoln Woods, winner of an Award of Excellence from the State of Oregon in April, 2007, includes four buildings encircling a central courtyard with a sheltered playground and comfortable community space. It consists of 18 one-bedroom apartments, eight two-bedrooms, 29 three-bedrooms, 13 four-bedrooms and two five-bedrooms. Download the profile (PDF, 201K).

Living on Track
Medford, Oregon
Living on Track is a two-site development providing 63 units of supportive housing. The project provides 18 one-bedroom, 41 two-bedroom, and 4 three-bedroom units on two parcels of land. The project will address the needs of developmentally-disabled adults in recovery from drug and alcohol issues, chronically mentally ill citizens, homeless individuals and victims of domestic violence. Download the profile (PDF, 186K).

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Madison @ 14th Apartments
Oakland, California
Madison @14th Apartments, winner of the 2008 East Bay AIA Best Residential Design Award, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented, in-fill development with 79 permanently affordable rental housing and 2,659 square feet of retail space. It includes 16 studio apartments, 36 one-bedrooms, 21 two-bedrooms and six three-bedrooms. Download the profile (PDF, 172K).

Madrone Plaza
Morgan Hill, California
Madrone Plaza, built by South County Community Builders, is a mixed-income housing development located on 6.5 acres of previously vacant land. The project features Craftsman architecture and incorporates many green building elements. It offers spectacular views of the mountains, with plenty of outdoor opportunities for walking, biking, golfing and other activities.
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Margot and Harold Schiff Residences
Chicago, Illinois
This 96 unit supportive housing building incorporates creative and dramatic elements. It uses aeroturbines—a first in Chicago--and photovoltaic cells to reduce reliance on traditional energy sources and generate the savings needed to serve very low-income residents.
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New Holland Apartments
Danville, Illinois
The New Holland Apartments building offers 46 low-rent apartments, 12 of which are reserved for formerly homeless individuals with special needs. The new apartments are located in a renovated National Registered Historic Building, formerly turned into affordable housing units, that was abandoned and in disrepair.
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New San Marco
Duluth, Minnesota
The New San Marco Apartments is a new construction project with 70 units of affordable permanent housing serving the homeless in downtown Duluth. Download the profile (PDF, 122K).

New Shiloh
Baltimore, Maryland
New Shiloh Village is the new construction of 80 units of quality affordable rental housing for very-low, low and moderate-income seniors. The location of the project, formerly a church parking lot, is in West Baltimore.
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Oleson Woods
Portland, Oregon
The Oleson Woods Apartments are 32 newly constructed one-, three-, and four-bedroom townhouse and flat style units housed in six residential buildings in the Metzger-Progress area, just north of Tigard, Ore. View the High Performance Buildings Database project details. Download the profile (PDF, 209K).

Orchard Gardens
Missoula, Montana
Completed in December 2005, Orchard Gardens offers 35 units of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. This affordable housing development is located on the urban-rural fringe of Missoula, an area deeply rooted in the agricultural tradition. Download the profile (PDF, 263K).

Oxford Plaza  
Berkley, California
Oxford Plaza is part of a new mixed-use development with green affordable housing and retail and commercial space. Download the profile. (PDF, 356K)

Paint the Town Rehab Week
Jacksonville, Florida
This event is an intensive home rehabilitation program, conducted by the Housing Partnership of Northeast Florida. Each year, the group works with neighborhood associations and community groups to perform essential home repairs on 40 owner-occupied units belonging to low-income families. Download the profile (PDF, 273K).

Park Avenue Apartments
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lutheran Social Services is developing a new campus that includes 14 long-term homeless apartments, 34 affordable apartments, office and service space. The project will capture rainwater that falls on the site, using it for irrigation, and has set high goals for energy efficiency. Download the Profile (PDF, 279K).

Parmenter Circle
Middleton, Wisconsin
Parmenter Circle contributes to the revitalization effort underway in Middleton’s downtown area. Green Communities’ first development in Wisconsin, Parmenter Circle provides four efficiencies, three studio lofts, 16 one-bedroom, 23 two-bedroom and four three-bedroom apartments.
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Petersburg Commons
Duncannon, Pennsylvania
Petersburg Commons is a two-building complex located near the beautiful Susquehanna River and the Appalachian Trail in Duncannon, Penn. It includes a total of 14 townhomes and was designed to be environmentally friendly – the first green affordable housing project in Pennsylvania.
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Plaza Apartments
San Francisco, California
Plaza Apartments is the construction of 106 units of single room occupancy (SRO) housing in a nine-story building. The ground floor will contain retail. The remaining floors will house full studios including a full bath and kitchen. Download the profile (PDF, 157K).

Pomona Apartments
Pomona, California
This affordable rental development serves women and their children with special needs. It consists of four one-bedroom apartments, 16 two-bedrooms and 12 three-bedrooms. It also includes community areas for recreational, educational and social
activities. Download the profile (PDF, 512).

Powelton Gardens
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Powelton Gardens is a converted industrial building that has undergone substantial rehabilitation using a Green Building strategy. Upon completion, the building will be two floors, 11,334 square feet. It will have a community room, laundry room, management office and a hallway and lobby area.
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Powelton Heights
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Powelton Heights involves the new construction of 48 one- bedroom units in one four-story building in the West Powelton Village neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
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R Street Apartments
Washington, D.C.
The renovation of R Street Apartments preserves affordable housing for families in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood that is both historic and rapidly gentrifying. Download the profile (PDF, 183K).

Randolph Place
Richmond, Virginia
A moderate rehabilitation of an existing, occupied senior housing complex located in an historic school building in Richmond, Va. which is featured on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Renaissance at Rosemary Park
Bonita Springs, Florida
A robust transformation continues in the heart of urban Bonita Springs. An attractive new housing development promises to complement the emerging vibrancy in this Florida coastal community by providing affordable homes for purchase. Download the profile (PDF, 182K).

Ripley Gardens
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ripley Gardens is the redevelopment of the former Ripley Maternity Hospital in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. The development will include the restoration of three historic buildings and the addition of three new buildings to provide 52 rental and 8 homeownership units. Download the profile (PDF, 157K).

Roanoke-Lee Street Project
Blacksburg, Virginia
Community Housing Partners (CHP), a nonprofit community development corporation, completed construction in 2006 of the Roanoke-Lee Street Project. The project includes 14 duplex homes in the town’s historic Roanoke-Lee Street neighborhood. This development has four building designs, with nine two-bedrooms and five three-bedrooms.
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Royal Building
Springfield, Oregon
A new, five-story, mixed-use building in Springfield, Ore., with 4,400 square feet of ground floor commercial space and 33 residential units on the remaining four floors. It is designed for low-income individuals, couples and small families. Download the profile (PDF, 155K).

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Sawtooth Cottages
Grand Marias, Minnesota
Ten units of new, permanently affordable, detached, single-family homes will be included in the 37- unit Sawtooth Cottages development. Download the profile (PDF, 201K).

Sara Conner Court
Hayward, California
Sara Conner Court is an affordable family housing development designed to create a supportive family environment immediately adjacent to a busy four-lane boulevard. Its architecture compliments both the rolling hills of the nearby regional park and the surrounding neighborhoods. . Download the rofile (PDF, 538K).

SE 33rd and Powell Rowhouses
Portland, Oregon
This development is made up of six for-sale townhouses reserved for first time homebuyers below 80 percent AMI. The development has received certification from Green Communities, Earth Advantage and LEED-H pilot program. Download the profile (PDF, 242K).

Shiloh Sustainable Village
Windsor, California
Located in northern California’s famous Sonoma Wine Country, Shiloh Sustainable Village is the largest sustainable, affordable mixed-use housing development in the state. Download the profile. (PDF, 136K).

Silver Gardens
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Silver Gardens I consists of 69 units, including one manager’s apartment. Fifty-eight apartments are set aside for households at 30 percent, 50 percent and 60 percent of the area median income. Silver Gardens is the nation’s first project to receive funding from a new environmental initiative -- the Enterprise Green Communities Offset Fund. Download the profile. (PDF, 308K).

Skyline Terrace
Austin, Texas
A substantial rehabilitation of a 100-unit former hotel that now provides one-bedroom efficiency apartments. The development is targeted to meet the housing needs of low-income adults and those facing homelessness, and provides supportive services that encourage self-sufficiency among residents. Download the profile (PDF, 160K).

Spring Terrace
Austin, Texas
Formerly an extended-stay hotel, Spring Terrace was renovated to provide 140 efficiency apartments, each with a private bath and kitchenette, as well as community areas and green spaces. Case managers help residents access public services such as employment services, health care, and counseling. View the High Performance Buildings Database project details.

Southern Lights
Billings, Montana
These apartments are thoughtfully and purposefully designed for efficiency and accessibility and include a mix of one- to four-bedrooms. A variety of floor plans ranging from one-story flats to two-story townhomes are available. Download the profile (PDF, 184K).

Takoma Park Preservation
Takoma Park, Maryland
Encompasses 75 rental homes in four buildings, updated plumbing and electrical systems, refurbished exteriors and all-new kitchens and bathrooms. Takoma Park families who had been in jeopardy of losing their housing to the condo boom kept their old address, and gained much-improved living conditions.. Download the profile (PDF, 170K).

Tewksbury Supportive Housing
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Tewksbury Supportive Housing, also known as The Meadows at Oldwick, is an 18-unit congregate living facility intended to serve low- to moderate-income families in which at least one member has a disability. The site for the project is an underdeveloped meadow that includes streams and adjacent wetlands. Download the profile (PDF, 379K).

Tremont Pointe
Cleveland, Ohio
Tremont Pointe is a mixed-income green HOPE VI redevelopment project on the site of a former public housing complex. It features 190 units plus 3,000 square feet of community space. Download the profile (PDF, 143K).

Trenton Prospect House
Trenton, New Jersey
As part of Trenton, N.J.’s revitalization efforts, the Community Preservation Corporation opened Trenton Prospect House for people 55 and over. The new, 97,000-square-foot housing development will be constructed on a two-acre lot, which is the former site of a demolished warehouse. Download the profile (PDF, 175K).

Trenton Terrace
Columbia, Oregon
The goal of the project was to create a socially and environmentally friendly community that promotes independent living for seniors as well as green living practices.
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Trolley Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Provides 40 green affordable homes in a mixed-use development on the site of the former trolley cars for Cambridge's early public transportation system. Download the profile (PDF, 523K).
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University Estates
Atlanta, Georgia
University Estates is a development in the Booker T. Washington neighborhood of Atlanta comprised of single family, detached homes—20 new and 15 rehabilitated—all ranging in size from 1,100 square feet to 1,600 square feet. Download the profile (PDF, 161K).

Viking Terrace
Worthington, Minnesota
The Viking Terrace Apartments is an existing, affordable 60 unit HUD Section 236 apartment building located in the rural community of Worthington. Constructed in 1978, the project involves the extensive redevelopment of three buildings of one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.
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Village at the Headwaters
Portland, Oregon
Village at the Headwaters, a four-story building, consists of 35 one-bedroom apartments and 21 two-bedroom apartments. The buildings residents are seniors 55 and older, living alone or as a couple in Southwest Portland. Each apartment has a full kitchen and bathroom, deck, storage space, and front-loading washer and dryer. Download the profile (PDF, 179K).

Washington Park
Chicago, Illinois
This project involves the redevelopment of the Washington Park YMCA as a 63-unit, single room occupancy building with state-of-the-art green features. The redevelopment will provide a desperately needed housing resource, help preserve economic diversity and promote environmental consciousness in the Grand Boulevard community of Chicago. Download the profile (PDF, 154K).

The Watershed
Portland, Oregon
This project will create 51 units of affordable housing in Portland. The housing will be affordable to a range of seniors with incomes between 30 and 50 percent of area median. Two separate buildings connected by a sky bridge make up the project, along with underground parking. Download the profile (PDF, 155K).

The Wellstone
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Wellstone is Phase III of the Franklin-Portland Gateway project and features 59 units of new mixed income housing (29 units affordable to families with incomes between 50% – 60% area median income) in Minneapolis. Download the profile (PDF, 232K).

Wentworth Commons
Chicago, Illinois
This site will provide 51 affordable rental apartments for 27 families and 24 single adults. The project incorporates a number of sustainable components. In fact, this is the first supportive housing development in the Midwest to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. View the High Performance Buildings Database project details
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Westland Meadows Apartments
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Westland Meadows Apartments is an affordable apartment community for low-income elderly residents of Kalamazoo. It was originally constructed in 1982 and consists of nine two- and three-story residential buildings. Within these buildings there are 141 one-bedroom and nine two-bedroom apartments and a community building for resident services. Download the profile (PDF, 202K).

West Seattle Community Resource Center
Seattle, Washington
While hunger brings people to the West Seattle Food Bank, food is not their only need. Clients also require jobs, medical care and permanent housing solutions. Download the profile (PDF, 171K).

Wheeler Terrace
Washington, D.C.
Wheeler Terrace is a complete rehabilitation of a seven-building apartment community in Washington Highlands, a neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Download the profile (PDF, 508K).

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