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Apartment manager warns Spokane housing inventory figures understate shortage, urges action
Summary
A local apartment manager told the Spokane Plan Commission the city's land-capacity analysis overstates developable land and does not reflect market realities, arguing that the result is reduced homeownership opportunity and rising overcrowding in rental units.
An apartment manager told the Spokane Plan Commission on July 23 that Spokane’s official land‑capacity estimates far overstate the amount of land likely to redevelop and that the gap has contributed to rising housing costs and crowded rental units.
The comment came from Jim Frank, who identified himself during the public‑comment period and said he manages apartments in Spokane. “When I bought my first house, the relationship from median income to a median income home was approximately 1 to 1. Today, that ratio is 5 to 1,”…
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