Affordable Housing or Bust

I understand Frank Chopp's concerns regarding what community renewal and economic redevelopment may do to the affordable housing world. His worry that the entire Seattle area is facing gentrification is valid.

I have been wondering myself what will happen in Bremerton. A renewal agency needs to be able to cooperate with the providers of affordable housing in any city. They should be able to work together since each manages a key ingredients for healthy communities.

Preserving and maintaining affordable housing should be a key component to any revitalization plan. And any agency that administers affordable housing needs to be comprehensive about providing services and opportunities to its constituents that will allow them to stabilize and grow financially.

Recipe for Healthy Community
from the kitchen of KCCHA:

A dash of entrepreneurial risk-taking mixed with a heaping dallop of vision. Stir continuosly with a flow of private investment. Add generous spoonfuls of public educational programs, services, and government subsidies. Combine mixture with innovative draft legislation- let rise in a warm place- preferrably the desks of high profile public officials. Don't forget a dallop of expertise provided by long-time professionals and plenty of public service spirit and good will. Top off with beautifully designed buildings