Urban Native Housing Projects
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Nesika Illahee
Nesika Illahee (“Our Place” in Chinook Wawa) is a 59-unit affordable housing development located in the Cully neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The project was conceived as a culturally specific housing model to address the disproportionate housing instability experienced by Native people in Portland. It was co-developed through a partnership between the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), Community Development Partners, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest (NARA NW).
Chief Seattle Club — ʔálʔal (“Home”)
Chief Seattle Club has made the leap into housing development with the landmark ?ál?al “Home” development, which opened in 2021. The building features 80 affordable housing units, with designated units for veterans and people leaving homelessness, a primary care health clinic run by Seattle Indian Health Board, gathering and meeting spaces to host events, meetings, and Chief Seattle Club programming, and a cafe featuring art Chief Seattle Club’s Native Works program.