(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposed several measures on Monday to “jumpstart” the city’s affordable housing supply with hopes of building more than 22,000 units by 2046.
The proposals build on Brown’s H.O.M.E. Starts Here initiative, which the Spokane City Council passed last month as part of her overhaul of the local homelessness response. While largely aspirational, her plan codifies goals aimed at addressing homelessness and housing instability.
The initiative centers on four pillars: healthcare, outreach, multidisciplinary engagement and economic security. Monday’s proposals focus on the last pillar by reducing financial barriers to expanding housing, specifically affordable housing, which benefits developers and residents…