Department of Commerce

providing safer and more affordable housing options. Renters in Wenatchee, WA may soon have some relief with a new $3 million award from the Department of Commerce to plan for increasing middle housing options

A recent report by the Department of Commerce found that 39-percent of people surveyed said housing and homelessness are the top problems facing the state.

Murmurs of the affordable housing shortage hasn't fallen on deaf ears. The Department of Commerce recently awarded the city of Leavenworth nearly $46,000 for completion of a Housing Action Plan. The Housing Action Plan will serve to help steer the city's future actions to improve the housing in the community...

The Chelan Douglas Child Services Association is receiving an $800,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce as part of an effort to expand learning opportunities for low-income children. CDCSA Executive Director Christy Walt says that although they are losing their Mustard Seed site, the recent development was a big boost...