On Thursday June 8th, we held our Spring All Members Meeting, with our keynote Kaarin Knudson. Kaarin advised on the passing of Oregon’s middle housing bill and she reviewed what has transpired since its passing, with the recent passing of Washington’s own missing middle housing bill, HB 1110. A little about Kaarin: Kaarin Knudson, AIA,…
The WHA performed a first-of-its-kind, permit ready ADU program survey of nine (9) cities, across three states, to learn the successes, barriers and challenges of these programs. The City of Bellingham will be reviewing the results for consideration. Reach out to the WHA Manager, with more questions, PowerPoint Deck, raw data, addendums and full presentation…
A while ago I shared some brief details on the City of Bellingham’s upcoming Consolidated Plan, what it is and why it matters. The Consolidated Plan is now in draft form on the COB website and our city needs you to review and comment by March 31st. You can read the Consolidated Plan Overview here.…
The Whatcom Housing Alliance (WHA) is very excited for Washington State’s 2023 Legislative Session. It will be pivotal in shifting our state towards more middle housing opportunities. There are a number of bills in consideration that legalize middle housing and ease regulations. In an effort to maximize our partnerships, we’re teamed up with Sightline Institutes‘…
The Whatcom Housing Alliance’s steering committee submitted this letter ahead of the City Council’s public hearing on 1.23.23 @ 7pm. We need more testimony and more support for ADUs and Middle Housing ahead of this hearing. If you want to be up to date on what is happening in housing in Bellingham, opportunities to organize…
