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Port Angeles details housing action plan: pipeline pilot, co-living, expanded fee waivers and MFTE changes
Summary
City staff presented a 2025 Housing Action Plan update with a housing pipeline pilot at 935 W. 10th St., expanded fee-waiver results, proposed co-living code updates and potential changes to the multifamily property tax exemption policy and other implementation tasks.
City staff outlined a multi-pronged housing action plan update on Sept. 23 that pairs policy changes with demonstration projects and program expansions aimed at increasing attainable housing in Port Angeles.
Jalen Bawato, the city's housing administrator, described the centerpiece as a housing pipeline pilot at 935 West Tenth Street. The city purchased the site earlier in 2024; staff said the city will do pre-development and design work for a mixed-use, multifamily building with ground-floor retail and a portion of affordable units, and will prepare a request for qualifications for design professionals and a contract with the Washington State Department of Commerce to secure housing trust funds. "The housing pipeline project is a demonstration project designed to encourage density and create a commercially…
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