Cascade Shelter Project

Founded by low-income tenants and neighbors in 1976, the cascade shelter project is a member led cooperative dedicated to sustaining truly affordable housing in the heart of seattle. Tenant-members collectively steward three, adjoined historic buildings with twelve individual apartments ranging in size. We provide housing, cultivate community, and maintain the financial and physical integrity of the property, prioritizing disenfranchised communities. In the context of a regional housing crisis, we offer a model of tenant-led and managed affordable housing that is autonomous, inclusivie, empowered, and sustainable.