RootedHomes and Housing Works announce another joint affordable housing community to be developed at 1699 W Antler Avenue in Redmond. The community will include 60 rental units designed as garden-style walk-up apartment buildings for households earning less than 60% AMI and 16 permanently affordable homeownership units designed as 2- and 3-bedroom, net-zero duplexes for households earning less than 80% AMI. Residents will have access to on-site playgrounds, community gardens, ample parking, and walkability to social-service facilities along Antler Avenue. The commercial buildings will include the new offices of Housing Works and RootedHomes, as well as a secondary standalone building envisioned as a daycare.  

“Housing Works envisioned the Antler Campus in partnership with both RootedHomes and the City of Redmond,” shared David Brandt, Executive Director of Housing Works. “Relocating our offices to a modern site will advance economic development by sharing space with other community services – from homebuyers, small businesses, and childcare providers needing a new facility. The array of housing options for residents earning 30-80% AMI and the increased access of our offices to our clients puts community first in this development.” 

Housing Works currently owns the land for the site. RootedHomes and Housing Works will request state funding to construct the community in early 2024. If funded, the community would begin construction in Fall 2024, select residents in 2025, and be completed by the end of 2025. 

“The Antler Campus will root Housing Works, RootedHomes, and our shared residents to the Redmond community,” commented Jackie Keogh, RootedHomes Executive Director. “We look forward to transforming this vacant site into an active community space that serves our clients, our growing organizations, and the community need – from housing to childcare.”