A profile of the Redondo Heights affordable housing community, for Enterprise Community Partners annual report
August 15, 2026

Anisa Ahmed lives in an apartment at the Redondo Heights development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. She has lived in the apartment for about a year. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Signage on a newly-built apartment building in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.

Very excited to finally be able to share these photos I took last year for Enterprise Community Partners, a national non-profit focused on affordable housing and community development. The organization has invested $92 billion and created 1.1 million homes since 1982. For the organization’s 2025 Social Return on Investment Report, I photographed the Redondo Heights community in Federal Way, Washington, which includes an on-site food pantry and 334 affordable and workforce rental homes for people earning between 50% and 60% of the area median income. We profiled two residents, Anissa, who has lived in her apartment with extended family for about a year, and Dan, who has lived at Redondo Heights for about 10 years. “When I got the key to my apartment, I felt hope,” Anissa said during an interview. Dan, who has previously experienced homelessness, said “Home should wrap around you like a nice, warm, beaver-skin blanket.”

In addition to profiles of the two residents, my goal was to photograph the community around the development while respecting residents’ privacy. 

A big thank you to Alex and Brian for getting in touch for this. Here’s a link to see how some of the photos were used in the report. 

A view of landscaping between rehabbed apartment building in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
The Market at Redondo Heights is a food bank operated by Multi-Service Center in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Hank, a volunteer, sets out bread and baked goods for clients in the Market at Redondo Heights, a food bank operated by Multi-Service Center, in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Volunteer aprons hang in a back room at the Market at Redondo Heights, a food bank operated by Multi-Service Center, in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Dan Leminki lives in an apartment at the Redondo Heights development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. He has lived in the apartment for about 10 years. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Dan Leminki, a resident of Redondo Heights, holds an opal he carved in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. He has lived in the apartment for about 10 years. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
A high school photo of Dan Leminki, a resident of Redondo Heights, stands on the mantle in his home in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. He has lived in the apartment for about 10 years. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Detail of a bolo tie worn by Dan Leminki, a resident of Redondo Heights, in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. He has lived in the apartment for about 10 years. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Anisa Ahmed lives with extended family members in an apartment at the Redondo Heights development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. She has lived in the apartment for about a year. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Anisa Ahmed lives with extended family members in an apartment at the Redondo Heights development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. She has lived in the apartment for about a year. Redondo Heights is an affordable housing development with newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Newly-built apartment buildings in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Rehabbed apartment buildings in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
An EV charging station in the parking lot outside newly-built apartment buildings in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
Children's bicycles parked outside a newly-built apartment building in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
A playground stands outside newly-built apartment buildings in the Redondo Heights affordable housing development in Federal Way, Washington, USA, on Tue., Oct. 28, 2025. Redondo Heights has both newly-built and rehabbed Studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments.
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