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We’ve been covering the plans by Snohomish County to purchase the Hope Covenant Church at 4502 Rucker Avenue to use as an emergency shelter to house 40 people currently staying at a shelter in the 2600 block of Rockefeller in downtown Everett, Washington. Today we wanted to pass along feedback on the process that we […]

On the same day Point In Time volunteers will spread out over Everett’s neighborhoods counting people experiencing homelessness, Catholic Housing Services and the City of Everett will break ground on the first of several low barrier housing projects in the city. Here are the details if you’d like to attend. City and community leaders will […]

While there has been some concern that time was running out to complete the complex funding pieces for a low barrier housing project on Berkshire Drive in Everett, it appears things are moving forward for a January groundbreaking. This morning the Snohomish County Council approved a loan agreement for $1.6 million dollars with Catholic Housing […]

Yesterday Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson sent Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers a letter asking for help in getting the Snohomish County Council to approve an interlocal agreement to loan $1.6 million dollars to Catholic Housing Services for the Everett Safe Streets Supportive Housing Project. The project, (also known as low barrier housing) is planned on […]

Tonight Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson apologized to the Everett City Council for not communicating the complexity of financing multiple low barrier housing projects back in March and April and surprising them with budget requests in August. “I apologize for not explaining at the time,” said Stephanson. “It was not our intention to keep anyone in […]

The City of Everett continues to move forward on plans to build what they call a supportive housing project in central Everett at 6107 Berkshire Drive. Originally proposed at 70 units the latest plans call for 65 units of housing. The change is due to the amount of funding available through the various State and […]

Public comment is about to be accepted and the City of Everett is sending out letters to more than 1200 homes and businesses in the area planned for Everett’s first low barrier housing project. The SEPA review process clock has started. It calls for public notification and comment on how the proposed 70 units of […]

The City of Everett today issued a public notification regarding the selection of the property at Bershire and Evergreen Way as the Low Barrier Housing Choice for the city’s first project. Here’s what they had to say… This Wednesday the Everett City Council will vote on a resolution that would endorse a path forward to […]

Editor’s Note 10/27/2016 9:30 PM: An earlier version of this story said there were 24 sites. The actual number is 37. There’s a glitch on the city’s website with the list. All 37 locations are listed here. LD MyEverettNews.com first reported on a location the City of Everett was considering for low barrier housing back […]

Frustration was the most common emotion at tonight’s meeting on low barrier housing. Around a hundred people filled the cafeteria at Evergreen Middle School to hear representatives from the City of Everett and Catholic Community Services talk about the facility planned for Berkshire and Evergreen Way in central Everett. Containing 10 studios and 60 one […]