affordable housing

Affordable housing providers across the Northwest have been contending with rising insurance premiums — and, in some cases, getting kicked off their plans altogether.

Tenants and landlords will soon have a chance to voice their opinions on how Tacoma’s new tenant protections have impacted them. It’s been nearly two years since voters here approved the Landlord Fairness Code. The regulations, ranging from a $10 cap on late fees to a ban on economic evictions during certain times of the year, were an attempt to address increased rents and evictions by Tacoma For All, an advocacy organization for tenants and working class Tacomans.

(Runtime 1:00) Last week, Common Roots Housing Trust announced it was receiving $770,000 in a grant from Washington’s Department of Commerce. The…

(Runtime 3:33)Dean Johnson, 78, and Lane Phillips, 83, have been living together in Clarkston, Washington, since the fall of 2024.“We started off as…

The next phase of Tacoma’s attempts to address housing shortages will soon be implemented, as the Tacoma City Council has voted unanimously to adopt the second phase of the Home in Tacoma zoning package.The package of changes to city zoning standards aims to create more opportunities for different types of housing across the city, including by allowing more units to be developed on a standard city lot.

In season four, episode 19 of the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” actor Bradley Whitford plays a city council member in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Whitford tells Amy Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, “City council isn't about making everyone happy. In fact, every decision you make is going to make a lot of people very unhappy.” Right now, the Tacoma City Council is considering a set of planning commission recommendations under the second phase of Home in Tacoma, the housing action strategy the city has been implementing over the last few years.

&t=34s (Runtime :50) Tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington are building new tribal housing with grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

(Runtime 1:02)On Monday, Walla Walla’s county commissioners chose not to pass a sales tax increase that would have raised $1.1 million a year for…

(Runtime 4:13)In Wenatchee, Garden Terrace and other low-income senior housing facilities are overwhelmed with demand, painting a complex picture of the…

The United States Department of Agriculture is soliciting applications for funding to build farmworker housing nationwide.In the Pacific Northwest, leaders hope the money can address gaps in farmworker housing. The Pacific Northwest is in a housing crisis and that impacts rural small businesses and agricultural producers, as well as farmworkers, said Helen Price Johnson, who is the Washington State Rural Development director for the USDA.