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Bertha Pitts Campbell Place supportive apartment building on 12th Ave opens, part of wave of area projects from Plymouth Housing

 

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Plymouth Housing is celebrating the grand opening of its new Bertha Pitts Campbell Place supportive housing facility at 12th and Spruce.

The 100-unit building provides studio apartments to adults “who have previously experienced homelessness.”

The new 12th Ave building is named for Seattle civil rights activist Bertha Pitts Campbell, “the first woman of African descent to vote on a YWCA board in the United States, setting the precedent for ending discrimination on YWCA boards nationwide.”

“As an inaugural board member of the Seattle Urban League in the early 1930s, Pitts Campbell helped lay the foundation for one of our city’s most impactful and recognized institutions for Black people and causes,” Plymouth Housing says.

Funded by the City of Seattle and built on land previously home to the St. Francis House and a surface parking lot, the new 12th Ave building south of Cherry is part of a wave of new development from Plymouth Housing in the area. In 2017, CHS visited one example in the Plymouth on First Hill development on Cherry St. Meanwhile, the affordable housing provider’s largest area project is rising above E Madison as Seattle’s “first affordable high rise in Seattle in more than 50 years” takes shape.

 

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15th ave fan
15th ave fan
1 year ago

This is awesome!

Luba T.
Luba T.
1 year ago
Reply to  15th ave fan

Not for the neighbors. I lived in one on Belmont. I wasn’t homeless or had had any substance abuse problems, but had to find something cheap due to my health situation. I had no idea there be some former homeless. It was the most weirdest, the most unpleasant experience. There were people, who weren’t homeless before as well, just had some prior criminal background or just like me, looking for something very affordable, but in general, it was a mad house. People didn’t sleep, there were constant arguments and even fights. Some had a mental breakdowns because of drugs or heavy alcohol use. After one year I was out of that place and don’t even want to walk near it, even though I am still leaving in Capitol Hill. I do agree, that they need some sort of housing, but not around neighborhoods, which will be affected by those kind of people. I do agree, there are homeless people, who lost their homes, because of disability ( not mental health due to drugs use or other substance abuse)or old age, or those who works but can’t afford current rent. Those who need to be helped first and those nice new apartments will be well deserved by them. All others, who are struggling with drugs and mental health with violent tendencies, should have a special places, where they will be supported by offering a treatment, medical and psychological, assisting with the job search, for those who is capable.

Luba T.
Luba T.
1 year ago
Reply to  15th ave fan

I noticed some mistakes and I can’t to fix it. I was walking and typing, but I am sure it’s still clear what I was trying to say.

paul
paul
1 year ago

inspiring architecture

Mark Hodges
Mark Hodges
1 year ago

Demand for life necessities below market price is, by definition, infinite.

Better to help folks move to an area of the country where minimal work pays for modest housing.

But here’s Sisyphus.