Partnerships & Platform | Skyway Community Housing Initiative

Our Development Platform

SCHI's development model is built on deep, durable partnerships across five domains: public sector, technical assistance, operations, capital, and community. No single organization can provide all of the capacity a complex affordable housing development requires, so SCHI's platform assembles the right partners for each stage and maintains those relationships across projects.

Public-Sector Relationships

Engagement with King County, Washington State Department of Commerce, Housing Finance Commission, and local jurisdictions to align project development with public housing goals.

Technical Assistance

Architecture, environmental design, and construction feasibility support from experienced affordable housing professionals.

Operating & Pro Forma

Property management underwriting and operating pro forma support to ensure long-term financial health and affordability stability.

Capital Partners

LIHTC equity investors, CDFI lenders, public subsidy sources, and mission-aligned capital providers who share SCHI's affordable-housing commitment.

Community & Workforce

Local workforce development, community engagement, and resident-services partnerships that connect SCHI's housing to broader opportunity pathways.

Why Workforce: The Skilled-Trades Gap

Affordable housing depends on electricians, HVAC technicians, plumbers, and other mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) trades, and the pipeline of those workers is shrinking.

For every five skilled-trades workers who retire, only about two replacements enter the workforce.

~600,000

Major skilled-trades job postings in the prior year

~150,000

New workers entering through apprenticeship programs

~81,000

Electrician openings per year

~40,100

HVAC technician openings per year

Skyway 120 can connect affordable-housing delivery with practical workforce engagement in the community. SCHI and its development partners intend to use the project as a platform for MEP workforce development, supported by construction leadership, coaching, mentoring, training, and repeatable project-delivery systems.

The objective is not simply to fill jobs on one project. It is to create a durable pathway that carries skills, supervision, operating systems, and community relationships from Skyway 120 into future developments.

Source: JLL, Building tomorrow's workforce today, April 21, 2026, citing U.S. Department of Education estimates, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, and other workforce research. Figures are national background, not a project-specific labor-market forecast.

Project Support & Engagement

References to organizations below reflect support, engagement, technical input, letters of support, program alignment, or relevant institutional pathways for the Skyway 120 project. They do not imply formal partnership, sponsorship, endorsement, funding approval, or binding commitment unless expressly stated. Only confirmed relationships are listed here.

Public-Sector Support