housing

Cashmere city council recently put in place a moratorium on the filing and acceptance of building permits for residential use in the downtown business zoning district so the planning commission can revisit and possibly revise the current codes in place...

Habitat for Humanity of Washington State is pushing to increase awareness of the affordable housing crisis the state is in and just gained momentum with the advocacy efforts by hiring Ryan Donohue as the new Advocacy and Policy Director as he leads the Cost of Home campaign...

Washington Department of Commerce has dispersed Community Development Block Grants amongst rural cities and counties in the state and Okanogan County was selected for two projects. The county received almost $200,000 for the sewer connection to Oroville Harvest Shelter project with Oroville Housing Authority...

Back in 2017, Wenatchee city council authorized a lease agreement of a parcel of the Parkside, mental health residential treatment center, property to the Women's Resource Center (WRC) to expand housing. Recently, the WRC received grant funding for 20 more units and the city had to amend the original lease agreement in order for the grant money to apply to the construction...

The city of Wenatchee will be hosting a community kickoff meeting Tuesday night at Pybus from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mayor Frank Kuntz says they want to work with the community on how to develop the various properties and options for housing...

An informal survey conducted by Our Valley Our Future shows that Wenatchee Valley residents are frustrated with housing availability and prices. 90 percent of respondents said the Valley needed more choices in terms of types of housing for rent or purchase with the most common request for rental housing of single-family homes...