Building affordable houses for Black and African-American families

The Black American Initiative was started under the Communities of Concern Initiatives created by Catholic Communities Services of Western Washington.

We merged the BAI with an existing organization The Washington Housing Equity Alliance to build and own the assets thus moving toward wealth creation.

Then we merged with the First African American Methodist Episcopal Church of Seattle to hold the company and assets in trust for the Black/African-American community in Washington State.

Plans have been submitted for a new 120-unit community living space, housing 12 studios, 35 single bedrooms, 49 two-bedrooms and 24 three-bedrooms for construction to commence in 2020!