$3m Direct Appropriation for Assisted Living Facility in Klickitat County
From Columbia Cascade Housing Corp.:
By Joel Madsen
The Dalles, OR March 7, 2024 — The Washington State Department of Commerce 2023-25 Housing Trust Fund 2024 Supplemental budget includes three million dollars ($3m) in direct appropriation to Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation’s (CCHC) Assisted Living Facility in Western Klickitat County. This $3M award is intended to leverage additional federal, state, and local resources to construct the facility.
Paul Blackburn, CCHC’s Board President, states “There are not enough options for aging folks to find an affordable place to live while receiving appropriate services in Klickitat County. CCHC’s development will address this significant unmet need. We are grateful to Senator King, Representative Mosbrucker, and Representative Corry who recognize the importance of this development for our community and fought to keep this community-initiated project in the State’s capital budget.”
Klickitat County acquired the 7-acre parcel and immediately leased the property to CCHC expressly for community development. Since the acquisition of the property CCHC has advanced predevelopment and design efforts for the 52-unit facility where 16 units will provide memory care services and the remaining 36 dedicated to assisted living. Not less than 25% of the development will be affordable to households earning at or below 50% of the area median income.
Joel Madsen, Executive Director of CCHC acknowledges, “We will need to keep focus on raising the rest of the capital needed to make this development happen. Our community is anxious to see the project moving forward and yet we know we have a ways to go before we can break ground. CCHC remains committed to advancing this development and we welcome our community’s support and investments – financial resources and others - to help make this happen.”
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Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit affordable housing developer whose purpose is to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing that is affordable to very low-, low- and moderate-income persons. CCHC operates within Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties in Oregon as well as Klickitat and Skamania Counties in Washington.
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