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Pierce County highlights sewer extensions, ARPA investments to support affordable housing in District 6

3088491 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

County executive briefed the council on completed and upcoming sewer and water extension projects funded in part with county and American Rescue Plan Act dollars that officials say will help preserve and create affordable housing; county also reported outcomes from an inclement-weather shelter run with Family Promise of Pierce County.

Pierce County Executive Mello told the council on April 9 that several sewer and water infrastructure projects the council supported have finished or are scheduled for completion and that those projects are intended to make new and existing housing affordable.

Mello said the county used roughly $160,000 in county money to complete a sewer and water extension that supported a 16-home Habitat for Humanity project and described three American Rescue Plan Act–funded sewer-extension projects priced at approximately $600,000 (58 residential properties), about $307,000 (37 residential units and three commercial properties), and about $1.1 million (22…

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