Bayside Housing and Services
Bayside Housing & Services Marks 10 Years of Hope
Bayside celebrates 500,000 nights of safety, 80,000 hot meals, and housing 420 individuals.
Local News
Inclusionary Zoning in Port Townsend: A Contentious Path to Affordable Housing
News by Rachael Nutting Port Townsend is in the process of course correction regarding density and what that means for affordable housing. As longtime residents are priced out and the local workforce struggles to find affordable homes, city leaders and community members are searching for effective solutions. Inclusionary zoning (IZ)
Local News
The Rental Market has Been Taken Over by Short-Term Rentals. Is it Time They Helped Provide an Affordable Housing Solution?
News by Rachael Nutting The picture is postcard-perfect: a charming cottage, a sleek condo with a mountain view, a cozy bungalow, steps from the beach. For travelers, short-term rentals (STRs) rented by platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo offer an authentic, home-like experience. For property owners, they represent a lucrative revenue
Local News
Port Townsend City Council Approves Comprehensive Plan, Aims to Tackle Housing Crisis With New Regulations
City Council voted to accept alternative two to allow houses that currently do not have a livable third floor to utilize their attic space for residential use. Photo from city council packet [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Angela Downs On December 15, 2025, the Port Townsend City Council
opinion
Op-ed: More Than Just a Comp Plan—A Timeline In Depth
A gingerbread example of what opponents of the city’s comp plan fear development would look like. City staff took time at the Dec 15 meeting to show how this model is unrealistic. Photo by Rachel Nutting [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Opinion by Rachael Nutting I miss when social
Local News
Comprehensive new homeless housing plan will require execution, funding
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2414"] Infographic from the five-year plan meeting [/caption] News by Scott France The mounting challenges of meeting the housing needs of those at or near the edge of homelessness have spurred a coalition of housing and homeless services providers, City and
opinion
Op-ed: A Town Without Economic and Generational Diversity has no Character
Opinion by Dylan Quarles I’ve spent years writing about Port Townsend’s character for my “Secret History of Port Townsend” series—a paranormal anthology that explores the dark and mysterious forces lurking beneath the idyllic surface of our far-flung Victorian seaport town. Here’s what I know: character rolls
Local News
Port Townsend Relaxes Code to Ease Path to Develop Homeless Encampment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3472"] An injuction filed by Michele Goodwin (pictured), an encampment resident, has temporarily halted the encampment closure. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend voted in a special City Council meeting tonight to change
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Building Local Resilience Through Giving
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4284"] Andrea Stafford announces the start of the UGN Give Big campaign. Photo courtesy of Andrea Staffard [/caption] News by Scott France “I feel that localizing our resilience is an important move as we reckon with the colliding instabilities of life
Housing
Encampment Transition Plan Elusive as Closure Date Nears
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] There is currently no place for the people living behind DSHS to go after the November 3 eviction date. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend is sticking with its plan to disband
Housing
2025-30 Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan: Preparing for Increasing Support for Unhoused and Underhoused
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County is making a difference by creating an entire neighbourhood affordable housing. [/caption] News by Scott France For the rising number of people struggling to find an affordable, decent home in which to live, potential
Housing
Local Agencies, Government Deliberate Solutions for Displaced Unhoused People
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] This encampment, which houses between 40-50 people, may be removed in early November. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The fate of approximately 40 to 50 people living at the tent encampment next to the DSHS facility