Spokane’s unique approach to creating more affordable housing is catching on statewide.
In Spokane’s Community Building today, state Representative Natasha Hill and a dozen others gathered in front of a TV to watch Governor Bob Ferguson sign her bill that allows land banks across Washington.
Land banks are typically nonprofits that buy land other organizations consider undesirable for development. Sometimes parcels are polluted or foreclosed properties held by governments that want to get rid of them. A land bank can help get those parcels ready for development and then sell them…