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As part of the management plan for the low barrier housing on Berkshire Drive in Everett, Washington Catholic Housing Services wrote the following: It appears that promise was never carried out in spite of multiple inquiries by MyEverettNews.com regarding the construction plan. On April 6th M-E-N contacted Catholic Housing Services asking for a copy of […]

Today was a day for speeches and talking about cooperation during the groundbreaking of Everett’s first low barrier housing project. It is located on Berkshire drive just east of Evergreen Way and west of the Everett Fire Department’s training tower in central Everett. Back on November 13th, 2014 the Everett Community Streets Initiative Task Force […]

Last night the Everett City Council held a public hearing and voted on moving forward with the first of many Low Barrier Housing Projects planned in Everett. This project is for 65 units of low barrier housing located on Berkshire Drive between Evergreen Way and the Everett Fire Department Training Grounds in central Everett. The […]

At tonight’s meeting the Everett City Council approved an interlocal agreement with Snohomish County that allows the two governments to work together to explore ways to build more low barrier housing in Everett. The agreement identifies Chemical Dependency and Mental Health Program funds from Snohomish County as a source for funding low barrier housing near […]

At their meeting on Wednesday members of the Everett City Council will vote on waiving up to 80 percent of utility connection fees for low barrier housing facilities built in Everett. That would include the low barrier project on Berkshire, HopeWorks on Broadway, Cocoon House on Colby as well as the future project in north […]

Poor communication continues to plague the low barrier housing project planned by the City of Everett for the area east of Pecks Drive and Evergreen Way in the central part of the city. A planned Everett City Council vote on August 30th to approve moving $400,000.00 from Everett’s low barrier housing project to HopeWorks Station […]

At today’s Everett City Council meeting members of the Everett Rotary made a donation to Catholic Housing for construction of the Low Barrier Housing Facility set to open next year in central Everett. The donation was in honor of Steve and Jo Saunders. Steve was a past Rotary President and he his wife Jo contributed […]

The public will have one last chance to give testimony on the low barrier housing project proposed near Pecks and Evergreen Way this Thursday. The public hearing will happen in the Weyerhaeuser Room at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Street Thursday May 18th at 6:00 PM. The hearing examiner will then issue a decision within 10 […]

The Everett City Council held its vote on the preferred location for Everett’s first low barrier housing site Wednesday night. Before the agenda item was heard, councilmember Scott Bader recused himself as his employer is Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle which oversees Catholic Community Services who would oversee the facility. The Everett City attorney said […]

It seems certain…Low Barrier Housing is coming to Everett. Wednesday night the Everett City Council approved an agreement for Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson to begin exclusive negotiations with Catholic Housing Services for construction and operation of a low-barrier supportive housing facility in Everett on city owned land near Pecks and Evergreen Way. It’s not a […]