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Housing advocates urge larger investments; Housing Trust Fund among top asks
Summary
Advocates at the Capital Budget Committee public hearing praised the governor’s large housing proposal but called for larger, sustained investments in the Housing Trust Fund and more dollars targeted to affordable homeownership.
Multiple housing advocates told the House Capital Budget Committee that Gov. Inslee’s capital budget includes major housing investments but urged lawmakers to increase and sustain funding, and to target a share of Housing Trust Fund dollars to affordable homeownership.
Ryan Donahue, chief advocacy officer for Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King-Kittitas, said his organization opposed what he described as “underinvestment in homeownership” in the governor’s draft. Donahue said the proposal’s $50,000,000…
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