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Council asks for more information after Housing Authority of Snohomish County seeks authority to operate and buy Lake Apartments
Summary
The Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO) requested city authorization to operate inside Monroe to acquire the Lake Apartments (112 units on Blueberry Lane); council members asked for more data about vacancy, traffic impacts, potential future development and whether authorization could be limited to this parcel.
City Administrator Deborah Knight briefed the Monroe City Council on July 15 about a request from the Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO) to be authorized to operate within Monroe city limits in order to acquire a multi‑building apartment property on Blueberry Lane (identified in HASCO materials as the Lake Apartments or Lakeview Apartments).
Knight said HASCO is an independent housing authority organized under RCW 35.82; the authority’s request requires that the city adopt a declaration of need under RCW 35.82.070 (subsection cited in the packet) to allow HASCO to exercise its powers for acquisition and management in Monroe. The property under a purchase‑and‑sale agreement is described in HASCO’s materials as roughly 10.33 acres with 112 multifamily units built in 2019; unit sizes range from…
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