TACOMA RESIDENTS GRAPPLE WITH CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS |
AS SEATTLEITES AND THEIR MONEY FLOW SOUTH
The changes are most felt in historically diverse and low-income neighborhoods like Hilltop, South Tacoma and Tacoma’s Eastside.
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TO UNLEASH HOUSING SUPPLY, ALLOW AND FINANCE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS |
STEP 1: ALLOW ADUS. STEP 2: FINANCE ADUS.
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in particular can help expand the affordable housing supply, and many communities are rewriting their local zoning laws to allow them. Financing ADUs, however, has been limited.
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PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: ONE OPTION FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS |
UNDERSTAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH)
Finding affordable housing options for the formerly homeless and providing them with needed services to help them lead productive lives is a laudable yet difficult goal. Permanent supportive housing, however, is an option that may help to provide one solution.
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SUPPORT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TAX FOR PIERCE COUNTY
To address the behavioral health crisis, Councilmembers Connie Ladenburg and Derek Young are introducing a Behavioral Health Ordinance, the one-tenth of 1% sales tax for behavioral health, for Council consideration and approval.
This funding can help provide support services within permanent supportive housing to address the needs of chronically homeless individuals. PSH is the most expensive affordable housing project to develop and is one of the most needed in our community.
Council Meeting and Vote on Ordinance (public testimony will be taken)
3/10 @ 3PM , Pierce County Council Chambers, 930 Tacoma Ave. Rm. 1035, Tacoma
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TACOMA PLANNING COMMISSION SEEKS INPUT ON HOUSING
Through 2020, Tacoma's Planning Commission is asking the community to join in a discussion about housing needs, development trends, zoning, and neighborhood change. The Commission is now seeking public input on its proposed scope of work. Click below for more details.
Public Hearings (public testimony will be heard)
2/19 @ 5:30PM, Tacoma Municipal Bldg., City Council Chambers, 747 Market St, Tacoma
Tacoma's Planning Commission is seeking public comment on the proposed Residential Infill Pilot Program regulations. The proposed changes are intended to implement improvements based on lessons learned through administration of Infill Pilot 1.0. The Commission is expected to forward its recommendations to the Council in late March for consideration for adoption in April 2020.
Public Hearings (public testimony will be heard)
3/4 @ 5PM, Tacoma Municipal Bldg., City Council Chambers, 747 Market St, Tacoma
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TOWN HALLS ARE COMING - MEET YOUR LEGISLATORS
The League of Women Voters of Washington has compiled a list of local Town Halls for you to attend, and many are taking place this weekend! Meet your legislators and get an update on what's happening in Olympia. Click below to find your local Town Hall meeting.
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PIERCE COUNTY - TACOMA SCHOOLS HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Pierce County is soliciting applications from eligible, qualified, and interested organizations to conduct activities relating to the operation of a Coordinated Entry (CE) site and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) program for households with at least one child enrolled in the Tacoma School District who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and identified as McKinney-Vento eligible. The goal of this funding is to complement and augment the existing Homeless Crisis Response System by expanding access to the target population.
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PIERCE COUNTY - SOUTH SOUND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PARTNERS
Pierce County, on behalf of collaborating governments, seeks proposals from qualified consultants for professional services to assist with developing a framework for a coalition of local governments focused on housing affordability. The scope of work: Phase I Building Awareness & Confirming Level of Interest, Phase II Determining the Collaborative Structure and Desired Outcomes, Phase III Develop Interlocal Agreement, Initial Commitments, and Next Steps.
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NEW BOOK RELEASED ON HOUSING
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America by Conor Dougherty
"A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis."
With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist uprisings that have risen in tandem with housing costs.
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UNIVERSITY OF WA - TACOMA'S URBAN STUDIES ANNUAL FORUM
UW-Tacoma is hosting their annual forum on the topic "Attainable Housing and the Future of Prosperity and Inclusion in Pierce County".
This year’s annual forum will bring experts from around the nation to discuss various housing policies, their implementation, and patterns of success and failure. This will include both housing experts and regional decisionmakers. A panel of local policymakers will then present their approaches and strategies, while considering the wide array of presentations preceding them.
3/4 @ 8:15AM - 2:30PM, UW-Tacoma, William Philip Hall, Tacoma, WA
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NONPROFIT FINANCE LUNCH & LEARN OPPORTUNITY
Join them to learn how to assess your organizational needs and implement the best solutions. Evan Bennett, Financial Services Program Manager at 501 Commons, will walk participants through the basic financial tools for every non-profit and help attendees identify organizational needs to find the best financial partner.
3/4 @ 11:30AM - TPC Habitat for Humanity, Tacoma, WA
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37TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION LUNCHEON
For more than three decades, YWCA’s Annual Celebration Luncheon has brought together the Pierce County community in celebrating YWCA’s mission for providing safety, healing and empowerment to survivors of domestic violence.
This year they are hosting Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us. Her book details stories of domestic violence, its cost to society and how to combat it through the intersecting lenses of law enforcement, victims, and offenders.
4/22 @ YWCA Pierce County, Tacoma, WA
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