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Pierce County Council approves $12.2 million in NOFA awards for affordable rental housing outside Tacoma
Summary
The council accepted the executive—ranch—unding recommendations for the 2025 affordable rental NOFA, authorizing $12.2 million from the Housing and Related Services Fund to four projects serving low-income households in unincorporated Pierce County and nearby cities.
Pierce County Council members voted 7-0 Tuesday to accept the executive—ranch—unding recommendations from the county epartment of Human Services and authorize the release of $12,200,000 from the county epartment—und called the Housing and Related Services Fund for affordable rental housing projects.
The approvals implement awards from the March 2025 notice of funds availability (NOFA). Mary Connolly, council staff, summarized the program and said the NOFA solicited roughly $12.2 million and that 10 eligible applications requested about $33 million; an evaluation committee recommended funding four projects for the $12.2 million available.
The nut graf: the spending implements the county—ouncil nd Executive irection to use revenues from a county sales-and-use tax enacted in 2023 to develop and preserve rental housing for households at varying…
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