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Tumwater planners flag housing shortfall, urge regional partnerships and funding; commission to continue review June 10
Summary
Planning staff told the Tumwater Planning Commission that the housing element must address a projected affordable-housing shortfall and rely on regional partners and outside funding; commissioners agreed to continue the housing-element discussion at a June 10 meeting.
Planning staff told the Tumwater Planning Commission on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, that the housing element of the city’s comprehensive plan needs to confront a projected shortfall of affordable units, and that meeting that need will require partnerships and outside funding rather than city action alone.
“The private market builds majority by far of the housing and what we can do to support that is very high,” a staff member said during the discussion, emphasizing that the city’s influence is substantial on plan and permitting processes but limited for building and funding large volumes of deeply affordable housing.
Why this matters: commissioners and staff framed the housing challenge as both a local and regional problem. The city cannot alone finance or build the full quantity of low- and…
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