ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: County awards $7 million for affordable housing (WNT)

Jessie Stensland reports in the Whidbey News-Times from the Island County Commissioners board meeting on Tue., Jan. 10, 2023:

Three nonprofit organizations will receive millions of dollars from Island County to build affordable housing on Whidbey Island.

Island County commissioners earmarked $7 million of the $9.5 million the county received from the American Rescue Plan Act for affordable housing projects.

They Said It

Commissioner Melanie Bacon said the county received applications from many deserving organizations and there will be other funding opportunities in the future.

Commissioner Janet St. Clair said she was disappointed that none of the applications were for projects in her district, which covers North Whidbey and Camano Island. She pointed out that North Whidbey has some of the highest levels of housing instability and poverty in the county.

“So I’m going to expect that future proposals will have full representation of all three districts,” she said.