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Ferndale staff urges a consolidated housing strategy; council asks for trust‑fund legal analysis and blight data
Summary
Ced director Ross Quarrel presented housing data showing renter households face higher cost burdens; staff reviewed incentive programs and recommended consolidating multiple housing policies into a single strategy. Council asked for legal advice on a local housing trust fund, blight/renter data and prioritized uses for FY2027.
Ferndale’s community and economic development director presented a data‑driven review of the city’s housing landscape and asked council whether to amend existing policies or build a consolidated housing strategy to guide FY2027 budgeting.
Ross Quarrel told the workshop the city has roughly 11,000 housing units: about 66% owner‑occupied and 33% renter‑occupied; 79% single‑family and 20% multifamily. He said cost‑burden rates differ sharply by tenure: about 12% of homeowners are cost‑burdened,…
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