Wisteria Manor in Vancouver, WA offers 24 affordable senior apartments with balconies, garden plots, and shared dayrooms designed by Swerhone Architecture.

This innovative low-income housing project was developed for the Vancouver Housing Authority by the Springbrook LLC, consortium. This is a mixed-use project, including a new YMCA and commercial pads. These additional projects were developed by others. The unit mix is (18) loft studios, (28) studio flats, (28) one-bedroom flats, (50) two-bedroom flats, (129) two-bedroom townhomes, (36) three-bedroom townhomes, (8) four-bedroom townhomes, and a 2,000 SF office/clubhouse with a 900 SF maintenance building. All housing units are integrated and distributed within three distinct basic building types.

Derrick Swerhone was the principal in charge of this affordable housing development while in a previous partnership, HS/A. The Client Affordable Community Environments (ACE), a Community Development Corporation exists to “provide accessible, affordable housing with available support services in an innovative living environment for residents.” Covington Commons is a 40-unit community with a spacious community center. All units are flats: 20-2/bedroom, 4-4/bedroom, 8-3/bdrm, and 8-1/bdrm mix.