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Editorial

Findings from the Housing Solution Network’s 2024 Survey

Editorial content by Liz Revord Dear Beacon Readers, As a community, we have been unaware of the true extent of the housing crisis. We’ve consumed news clips and heard stories of workers forced to leave due to a lack of housing, yet we’ve remained in the dark about

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Early efforts hope to better evaluate local homelessness

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines those experiencing homelessness as individuals or families with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation

Housing

Olympic Housing Trust's Dundee Hill Project Tackles Affordable Housing Crisis in Jefferson County

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Concept art illustration by Kristina Stimson [/caption] By Angela Downs The median-priced home in Jefferson County is now selling for over $600,000, and based on the median income, most people who live in Jefferson County cannot afford to buy

Columnist

Finding Hope in Housing Collaborations

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is by Heather Dudley-Nolette, from Bayside Housing. When we think about the biggest issues facing our community, “Housing

Columnist

When Sharing becomes Community Care: Expanding Affordable Housing in Jefferson County

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is by Bill Wise, from the Housing Solutions Network. The affordable housing crisis in Jefferson County is unrelenting,

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OlyCAP’s new housing director brings change to Caswell-Brown and beyond

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] OlyCAP signed a lease with the county for the Caswell-Brown Village two years ago this August. Photo by Derek Firenze [/caption] By Derek Firenze Editor’s note: This article walks a fine line between news and an op-ed written by

Columnist

Nowhere To Go: The State of Housing in Jefferson County

[caption id align="alignnone" width="1338"] Renderings of Dundee Hills townhomes and community garden, the project of Olympic Housing Trust, that will be located in Port Townsend. [/caption] This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is

letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor: The Future of Groceries in Port Townsend and High density housing and a local paper mill, can we really have both?

Please note: This letter to the editor is in response to a letter from the editor that went out in our last newsletter. If you want to receive these letters, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter. It’s free! Dear Editor, Re this comment in your email below: “The parent

Housing

Juneteenth Reminder of Racially Restrictive Housing Policies

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Image courtesy of National Fair Housing Alliance [/caption] Each month, The Beacon invites a different housing organization to contribute a column on housing solutions in Jefferson County. This month, the column is by Liz Revord from the Housing Solutions Network

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Homelessness Here and Now: County plans to take over management of Legion shelter while SCOTUS deliberates

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Maggie G. traveled five days via Amtrak to reach the United States Supreme Court where she made sure her voice was heard and got this shirt. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [/caption] by Derek Firenze The Jefferson County Emergency Shelter

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