Transforming
Lives
Through Bold Generosity AND STABLE HOUSING
UNITY Housing Initiative: Adaptive Housing for Extended Needs creates stable, affordable housing for people whose needs are too often overlooked by the traditional housing market. Since our founding in March 2025, we have brought four distinct living units online in Port Angeles and Sequim, representing sixteen bedrooms so far, with additional homes and units already in development as we expand into Jefferson County.
We began with a strong focus on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and one of our homes remains specifically dedicated to people whose diagnoses meet Washington State’s developmental-disability criteria. Our work now reaches further, serving people with physical disabilities, later-acquired or later-diagnosed conditions, injuries, other long-term support needs, and individuals whose disabilities or special needs are compounded by limited income.
Shared living is at the heart of what we do. Residents have private bedrooms and personal space while benefiting from the stability, affordability, and connection of living in a home with others. Our properties can also accommodate live-in caregivers and other support arrangements when needed, including caregivers who are independently chosen and employed by the people they support.
And UNITY is growing beyond shared living. We are bringing companion homes online for people who need a different level or configuration of support, while also developing single-person accessory dwelling units on shared properties. These private units are designed for people who need more quiet, more space, or more time apart while still having the option to connect with neighbors and participate in the larger community when they choose.
This is what UNITY is building: shared homes, companion homes, and private units that create more ways for people to live safely, affordably, and with dignity. Four distinct living units and sixteen bedrooms are already on market. More are coming.
UNITY is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and qualifying donations are tax-deductible. Support from donors and community partners helps us continue acquiring, developing, and adapting housing so that more people can have something too many are still waiting for: a stable place to call home.
Meet
unity
UNITY is powered by people who bring together lived experience, professional knowledge, and a shared determination to make housing work better for people whose needs are too often misunderstood, overlooked, or pushed into the wrong kind of setting.
Our leadership brings experience in nursing, home care, disability services, shared and transitional housing, nonprofit development, business, advocacy, special-needs outreach, and special education. That includes retired educators with longstanding ties to the disability community, along with people who have spent years supporting individuals and families through the practical realities that continue well beyond the classroom or care setting.
Many of us also have close personal connections to disability and caregiving. That matters because UNITY is not built from theory alone. We understand that the right housing is rarely just about a bedroom. It is about stability, affordability, privacy, continuity, support, and having enough flexibility for a person’s life to change without everything else falling apart.
UNITY is a “by and for” organization. People with disabilities, family members, caregivers, advocates, educators, healthcare professionals, and others with direct ties to the community help shape the organization and the decisions we make.
What unites us is not title or status, but proximity to the problem and a willingness to do something practical about it. We move quickly, think long-term, and stay focused on creating housing that works in real life and can remain useful as people’s needs and circumstances change.
