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4 Radical Real Estate Ideas To Fix Our Broken Housing System (Mar 23, 2018)
Subsidized Housing May Help School Districts Retain Teachers (Jan 11, 2018)
How to turn a struggling small town around (Jan 10, 2018)
Fresh Housing Talking Points (Nov 28, 2017)
Congress should not target a proven affordable housing tool (Nov 20, 2017)
What is a Community Land Trust? (Oct. 25, 2017)
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Seattle home price growth is nearly double any other U.S. city (Sept 26, 2017)
A Bipartisan Fix to the Housing Crisis? (August 2, 2017)
Property Tax Levy Proposed to Tackle Lack of Affordable Housing (June 30, 2017)
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State grants provide big boost to affordable housing projects in Winthrop
Affordable housing development in the Methow Valley got a big financial boost with the recent award of more than $8.7 million in state funding for construction and infrastructure costs.
MHT's Cascade Meadows North development given final approval by Winthrop Town Council
The Winthrop Town Council has given final approval to two housing developments, one in private ownership and one by the Methow Housing trust.
The council acted on approval of the Housing Trust’s Cascades Meadows North planned development, which creates 24 lots for single-family homes on an 8.4-acre site. The homes will be built and sold by the Housing Trust.
Methow Housing Trust Explores 'Local Housing Easements' to Secure Affordable Homes for Valley Residents
To address the housing dilemma faced by local residents, the Methow Housing Trust is exploring a new model of home ownership, called local housing easements, aimed at creating and preserving housing for people who live and work in the valley. The idea is to establish permanent easements on properties that would require occupants of housing on those properties to be full-time residents of the Methow Valley.
