Yakima County holds HUD-required hearing on 2025 consolidated housing plan as staff flags funding shortfalls

The Yakima County Board of Commissioners held a HUD-required public hearing Tuesday to accept comment on the Yakima County Home Consortium’s 2025 consolidated plan, where county staff outlined housing supply and affordability gaps and warned of falling federal grant dollars.

Brian, home program manager, told the commissioners that a large share of renter households in Yakima County are cost-burdened and that meeting projected needs would require substantial, sustained subsidy spending. “We would need to provide the county or, you know, other organizations who need to spend approximately $100,000,000 each year over the net you know, until 2046 to be able to spend you know, to be able to to provide all the subsidies needed,” Brian said.

The presentation included data on housing production, cost burden and planning requirements. Brian said the county has recently added roughly 600 to 800 net housing…