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Steering Committee orders technical workshop after confusion over new housing-allocation method
Summary
Public commenters and local officials pressed Spokane County staff to resolve confusion about recently adopted housing-allocation calculations — a change staff says resulted from evolving Commerce/HAT tool methodology — and staff promised an April technical workshop and a May briefing to the Board of County Commissioners. The committee adopted minutes by voice vote and will return with a reconciliation memo.
On March 18, the Spokane County Steering Committee of Elected Officials heard sustained public concern about recent changes to countywide housing allocations and directed staff to convene a technical workshop to reconcile how those numbers were produced.
The debate centered on a shift in how allocations were calculated after staff used a method the county labeled “A‑prime,” which Commerce now calls method C. Darren Watkins, representing Spokane Realtors, told the committee the adapted numbers were being “adapted even lower” and warned, “you are in a border war and are losing badly,” urging a reexamination of the targets presented to jurisdictions.
Peter Hagan, land acquisition manager for Hayden Homes, said the revision “shifts approximately 6,000 housing units away from areas with demonstrated…
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