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Housing providers tell Spokane council legal, financing and construction costs are squeezing affordable housing production
Summary
Nonprofit and housing authority representatives briefed the Spokane City Council on the scale of affordable housing needs, the drivers of rising costs and ways the city can leverage limited local dollars to attract state and federal investment.
Housing providers told the Spokane City Council on Monday that Spokane needs far more subsidized units and that rising legal, financing and construction costs are constraining production.
At a study session, a presenter from the Low Income Housing Consortium said the city and region face a 20‑year shortfall concentrated “at 80% AMI or below,” and said Spokane currently produces roughly 200 low‑income units per year while the region needs tens of thousands. “We lost about 30% of the low income affordable housing downtown … 3,000 plus units,” the presenter said, describing long‑term gaps tied to past redevelopment.
Jonathan Malahan, executive director of Catholic Housing Ventures, asked the council to act as an…
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