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Astoria pledges $200,000 toward Copeland Commons affordable housing project
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The council approved a letter of intent committing $200,000 to the Copeland Commons affordable housing proposal to help close a financing gap for the 60-some unit workforce housing project; project staff say state wage determinations have reduced the planned unit count.
The Astoria City Council approved a letter of intent to pledge $200,000 in gap funding for the Copeland Commons affordable housing project, a workforce-housing development led by Innovative Housing.
Julie Garver, director of housing development for Innovative Housing, told the council the project team resubmitted a request to the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) after initial questions about prevailing-wage treatment. The resubmission reduced the project’s unit count from roughly 67 units to 63 units and clarified that the building will be four stories — a change Garver said would…
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