OLYMPIA, Wash. — The first ever Department of Housing is being established at the cabinet level in the state of Washington.
Governor Bob Ferguson rolled out his $244 million dollar supplemental housing budget proposal Thursday which touches on everything from more rental units to manufactured homes to help for first time home buyers. And Ferguson says he signed an executive order creating a task force to help him create a new housing department.
Ferguson says the historic floods forced his team to not only delay but reconsider this entire proposal. He says they diverted millions to help flood victims repair their homes in an early action proposal to fast track relief while the legislature debates the budget and this add-on for housing.
A few of the numbers include:
*$225 million for new rental units
*$50 million for a housing trust fund preservation trust fund
*$20 million for manufactured homes
*$81 million for developing new affordable rentals
*$73 million for first time home buyers
*$11 million to support flood victims with housing
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