Blog
05/15/2023
2023 Legislative Recap
The 2023 Legislative Session was a year of unprecedented investment in housing, with the Washington State Legislature championing the preservation and growth of affordable housing in varying markets. Learn how Tacoma Habitat was impacted.
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12/01/2022
Legislative Priority
Our 2023 legislative priority is bold. It's a $14M direct allocation to preserve 80 homes for modest-income, first-time homebuyers. Not only will we purchase, rehabilitate and resell these homes; we'll also keep them permanently affordable.
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08/30/2022
AMI Limits
As they do each summer, HUD released the new Area Median Income (AMI) limits and rather than incremental change as we are accustomed to seeing, the numbers this year took big leaps across the board.…
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06/28/2022
State of the Nation’s Housing
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University just released its latest State of the Nation's Housing report, suggesting that after a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is now at an inflection…
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05/27/2022
Housing Disparity in Tacoma
The City of Tacoma released a comprehensive report on race-based disparity in homeownership in November 2021, which found clear disparities associated with Black populations owning homes. Read some of the more impactful data points within.
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03/10/2022
Sine Die, 2022
It’s Sine Die, the adjournment day of the 2022 Washington legislative session, and looking back at our 2022 legislative priorities, there's a lot to celebrate.
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01/05/2022
Cost of Home Conversation
Join Tacoma Habitat and host Jason Gauthier for a Cost of Home Conversation with Pierce County Council Members Ryan Mello and Hans Zeiger, recorded on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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12/29/2021
2021 Advocacy Review
A look back on what was accomplished in the advocacy arena in 2021, starting with the virtual legislative session, looking at Home in Tacoma, and how the American Rescue Plan Act funding impacted our communities.
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