Housing and Homelessness

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - The first time Monica Bernhard walked into one of Pendleton Place’s unfinished apartments, she started crying. “They have room numbers already written above them, and I just try to imagine who that person's going to be, that we're bringing in from the outside and finally giving them an opportunity for housing,” Bernhard, Kitsap Mental Health Services chief operating officer, said. “It fills me up.” Although [...]

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - Pendleton Place is not built yet, but Kitsap County’s first permanent supportive housing complex is becoming more of a reality. In recent weeks, the project successfully signed off on another milestone: It’s now fully funded. The 72-unit apartment complex — spearheaded by nonprofit Kitsap Mental Health Services — secured its last chunk of funding in late June, $10.8 million in low-income housing tax credits, reaching [...]

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - It’s not cheap to build a permanent supportive housing complex. Even as city officials across the Washington have touted the benefits of the ‘Housing First’ model, the multi-million investment necessary for construction costs can be prohibitively expensive. But in Kitsap, there’s been a surge of progress overcoming funding barriers that have long thwarted potential projects. After years of discussion, Kitsap’s first permanent supportive housing project, Pendleton Place, [...]

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - Reporter Austen Macalus examines homelessness here, including those sleeping out in the November cold and plans for a new supportive housing complex. Link to Video>

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - It’s going to take $20.8 million to develop Pendleton Place, Kitsap’s first permanent supportive housing project aimed at helping the county’s most vulnerable residents. But the ambitious project is moving ahead, now with a little help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The prestigious philanthropic organization awarded the project half-a-million dollars, according to United Way of Kitsap County, which applied for the grant funding [...]