Reforming the Housing Trust Fund: Grays Harbor Housing Crisis, No Funding for a Decade
Last week a came across a story about the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church visiting a housing rally in Aberdeen in Grays Harbor County. The news report in The Daily World summed up the visit and the demands of local activists, “that sought to highlight homelessness in the city and push for 2,000 new […]
Reform on the Road: Great Visit to Granger
Last week I had the pleasure of touring several Farmworker housing projects in Granger. The tour was lead by Marty Miller and Cristina Ruiz of the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing and included the Mayor of Granger, State Senator Judy Warnick, and people from the Washington Policy Center, Center for Latino Farmers, the Grant […]
Durkan Is Not Better for Business
Last year, after Mayor Jenny Durkan was sworn in, I was pretty critical of her early decisions, especially appointing more than half a dozen non-profits and Vulcan to her transition team. I even called a post about Durkan, “So Far Not So Good.” This made somebody really mad. I got some heat for not sending […]
