BREMERTON — It’s been over two years since local and state elected officials gathered as the ribbon was cut for a groundbreaking affordable housing project by Kitsap Community Resources. That event, celebrating the 36-unit Mills Crossing townhome complex just off Wheaton Way, came from a surge of local and state funding for affordable housing back in 2022, including over $400 million new dollars in the state budget for acquisition and development.
This month KCR will do it again, this time at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 at 2115 E. 19th St. in the city’s Manette neighborhood, where a 9-unit townhouse for low-income families with children will officially be added to the non-profit’s inventory of affordable housing units, bringing it to 45 total from two finished projects since 2023.
According to a proposed update to the county’s Homeless Housing Plan (HHP), which is set to be reviewed for funding approval by the Kitsap County commissioners this month, the county needs over 33,000 more housing units through 2044 to accommodate Kitsap’s growing population, including nearly 1,300 units of supportive housing in the next five years for low-income families and people without homes…