An aerial photo shows the competed infrastructure of the Northeast neighborhood in Taholah with 59 lots for future homes. Federal grants are often a portion of larger tribal housing projects. […]Read More
Recent funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce will help keep one Pierce County housing project running. Project Open Door serves people experiencing chronic homelessness. Read More
Modular homes are assembled at Mercer Mass Timber in Spokane Valley, Washington. An expansion of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit could fund more housing construction projects in the Northwest […]Read More
As housing crisis deepens, local author explores how trailer parks might be “last affordable option”
The Appaloosa Community mobile home park outside Moscow, Idaho. Professor Leontina Hormel’s new book explains how trailer parks are some of the last affordable housing options left for people across […]Read More
Students experiencing homelessness are more likely to suffer academically and are more likely to drop out of school compared to their housed peers, according to the latest legislative report in […]Read More
Some students in rural central Washington are facing housing instability. School districts have programs to help students Still, resources can be far away and hard to get to. N-W-P-B’s Johanna Bejarano reports.Read More
Students walk in the sun on the Kamiah High School campus. The Kamiah School District is a small school district in a town of 1,100 people located on the Nez […]Read More
With the deadline looming to secure enough signatures to get their initiative on the ballot, volunteers with Tacoma For All canvassed across Tacoma Friday.
Zev Cook, field manager for the campaign, led a group of eight volunteers in the late afternoon around a South Tacoma neighborhood. Read More
Organizers from the housing justice group Tacoma For All and their supporters gathered with signs and megaphones Thursday afternoon to show their support of the initiative, known colloquially as a tenant bill of rights, which Tacoma For All hopes to get on the ballot for voters this fall.
The rally took place before a meeting of the city’s Community Vitality and Safety Read More
Johnny Taylor is one of the residents of Abiel Mobile Home Community facing big rent increases and new fees, after the park was purchased by an out-of-state investment firm. (Credit: […]Read More
Andrew Adams waters the garden outside the kitchen of his home. (Credit: Kristin Adams) Listen (Runtime 4:10) Read By Lauren Paterson and Rachel Sun For adults with developmental disabilities in […]Read More
A lone house stands on the outskirts of Kennewick, Washington. Bills aiming to curb the cost of high rents are before the state legislature. (Credit: Lauren Paterson) Listen (Runtime 1:00) […]Read More
Hannah Stewart sits on the front steps of the RV she lives in year-round in McCall due to a lack of affordable housing options. (Credit: Ashlee Fliney) Listen (Runtime 3:15) […]Read More
A surge of new residents has caused housing challenges for Kootenai County / Photo by Geoffrey Roth. Listen In the second of a two-part series on the housing crisis in […]Read More
Housing prices in Coeur d’Alene and other parts of Kootenai County are soaring Read Listen: NWPB’s Lauren Paterson looks at the housing crisis in Kootenai County / Runtime: 4 minutes […]Read More
Many Americans are ready and eager to buy a home right now. But they're having trouble finding one. Home sales edged down 6.6% in February compared with the previous month because there just aren't enough houses out there for people to buy.Read More
African Americans are 40% less likely to own their homes than whites. And blacks are more likely to hold jobs that put them at risk of the coronavirus. The civil unrest follows decades of inequality.Read More
