The Vancouver City Council on Monday approved the sale of a corner of City Hall’s parking lot to Native American Youth and Family Center for $1. The Portland nonprofit plans to build a 95-unit affordable housing complex there.
The building to be erected at 615 W. Sixth St., will have 17 units affordable for people making 50 percent of the area median income ($41,300 a year for a single person) and 78 units at 60 percent of the area median income ($49,560 a year for a single person).
Those units will consist of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
The architectural concept for the building is influenced by Native American ancestry and tribal ties to the land and rivers, according to the project’s architect, Scott Edwards Architecture.
The project will cost about $32.5 million to be covered through a variety of funding streams, including $1.275 million from the city’s affordable housing fund, according to the city.
