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Veterans Levy Helps Build Lake City Housing for Veterans (10/2/08)

A group of elected officials, veterans, and community supporters gathered in Lake City on October 2, 2008 to celebrate the groundbreaking for McDermott Place, an affordable housing development for low-income and homeless individuals in Lake City. The Low Income Housing Institute has led this project to build critically needed space for people in need of housing in North Seattle. McDermott Place, named for U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, will provide 75 permanent affordable housing units for homeless individuals, with 38 units designated specifically for veterans. Supportive services, including employment and job training, will also be provided at the site.

This housing development would not have been possible without extensive regional funding collaboration and public-private partnerships. The King County Veterans and Human Services Levy contributed $1.48 million to this project, coordinating with other funders such as the City of Seattle and Washington State Housing Trust Fund.

The ground floor tenant of McDermott Place will be North Helpline, which will provide a new Lake City food bank and a free medical clinic staffed by RotaCare volunteers.

McDermott Place groundbreaking ceremony in Lake City.
From left to right, Stan Gunno, Bill Wood, Councilmember Ferguson, Gary Kingsbury, and Doug Hoople.