Seattle, WA – The New Hope Community Development Institute ( NHCDI) and Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) are pleased to announce the start of construction for New Hope Family Housing.  The housing will be built on two properties owned by the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 114 and 123 21st Ave. in Seattle’s Central Area. The buildings will face each other across 21st Ave. and include a mix of studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments serving families and individuals making up to 50%...

This Column is dedicated to the unbroken chain of black poets who have given us a legacy of poetic treasures to share. To the Legacy of Fitzgerald Beaver, the Founder of THE FACTS Newspaper The FACTS Family and The FACTS Staff DOWN-HOME BOY By: Waring Cuney I'm a down-home boy trying to get ahead. It seems like I go backwards...