More than a year after its conception, a home-sharing program is seeing success connecting homeowners with extra room and renters seeking affordable housing. Read more… …
Posts published in “Affordable Housing”
Data: More young adults in Vancouver living with parents
By The Citizen on September 2, 2025
More Vancouver young adults are living in their childhood bedrooms to cope with the soaring cost of living. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Is Vancouver’s Share ‘setting people up for failure’?
By The Citizen on August 30, 2025
Tinisha Turner landed a job at Share, Vancouver’s largest homeless service provider, with hopes of offering others the same kind of support that changed her…
Clark County Council OKs 6-month emergency ordinance to protect mobile, manufactured home parks
By The Citizen on August 22, 2025
The Clark County Council unanimously approved a six-month emergency ordinance Tuesday to pause all applications to redevelop mobile and manufactured home parks — a move…
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity showcases 15 new homes for sale
By The Citizen on August 19, 2025
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity will show off 15 new homes for sale in east Vancouver this weekend. Read more… Source: The Columbian
‘Community kind of feel’: Property owner wants to build 19-home cottage cluster in Clark County
By The Citizen on August 18, 2025
Nineteen small houses would cluster on 1½ acres in the Walnut Grove neighborhood north of Vancouver under a proposal submitted to Clark County last month.…
How many square feet does $1,500 in rent get you in Clark County?
By The Citizen on August 16, 2025
The growing affordable housing crisis may leave many renters wondering how far their dollars will go in Clark County. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Clark County housing agencies push back against executive order prioritizing treatment over Housing First model
By The Citizen on August 14, 2025
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to address homelessness through stricter enforcement measures. Clark County housing agencies warn it takes…
Laurel Fraught’s Vancouver home leaked for years, then a city program repaired the roof and the warped floors
By The Citizen on August 11, 2025
Laurel Fraught, a 74-year-old grandmother of 23, lived with a leaking roof and unreliable temperatures in her Vancouver mobile home for years. Read more… Source:…
Post-prison housing, especially for sex offenders, is rare in Clark County and often run-down
By The Citizen on August 9, 2025
Surrounding Vancouver’s largest homeless camp sit seven shabby houses built about a century ago. The paint is peeling. The lawn is dead. Windows are damaged.…