About LIHI
The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) believes that affordable housing does not mean poor quality housing. We believe that innovative partnerships, creative project development and sustainable design features in affordable housing makes for a healthy, strong, and committed community.
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LIHI develops, owns and operates housing for the benefit of low-income, homeless and formerly homeless people in Washington State; advocates for just housing policies at the local and national levels; and administers a range of supportive service programs to assist those we serve in maintaining stable housing and increasing their self-sufficiency.
Founded in 1991, LIHI has grown to be one of the most productive affordable housing developers in the Northwest. LIHI owns and/or manages over 3,400 housing units at 75 sites in six counties throughout the Puget Sound region.
LIHI provides a variety of supportive services to help program participants maintain their housing and develop self-sufficiency. Our efforts include providing program participants with case management, life skills training, technology access and training, financial literacy training and savings programs, and activities for some of the more than 500 children in LIHI housing.
LIHI owns and operates the Urban Rest Stops, critical hygiene facilities for homeless individuals and families located in downtown Seattle and Ballard serving thousands of homeless individuals each year. The URS is designed to serve a wide range of people including homeless adults, families with children, youth and the elderly. Urban Rest Stop patrons include disabled persons, veterans, non-English-speaking individuals and people of color.
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LIHI, in partnership with the City of Seattle, the City of Olympia, and Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, operates an innovative Tiny House Shelter program, providing warm, safe, secure shelter in tiny houses in community settings with case management that helps program participants find permanent housing and employment.