Housing and Homelessness

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 [...]