detached accessory dwelling units (DADU)
housing young families can afford
housing for veterans and those with disabilities
Our commission:
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Develop, for Council consideration, diverse housing policy options designed to expand the range of housing (including rental and owned) available in Edmonds irrespective of age, gender, race, religious affiliation, physical disability, or sexual orientation.”
For 18 months, two dozen Edmonds residents, selected by city council, listened to the public, researched housing issues, investigated future needs and worked as a team, with public input, to create those “options.”
The housing commission sought more public input than any other Edmonds commission:
Four open houses – one in person, three online (COVID curtailed our ability to meet in person)
photo by: Rochelle Valverde
Greg Long, a guest at the city s hotel shelter program, stands in front of the Days Inn, 730 Iowa St., on March 4, 2021.
A woven blanket is neatly hung like a curtain inside the window of the covered truck bed, a space that provides only enough room to crouch but for years has served as one man’s home.
Edward, who did not want to use his last name, said that when he checked into the city’s hotel shelter program this winter it was the first time he’d had four walls and a door since at least 2005. An older man with a wiry white and gray beard poking out from his mask, Edward said he’d been living in his truck when he had a stroke in early February, and it was someone at the hospital who told him about the program.
Mar 5, 2021
Long has served as a police officer for 35 years, 33 of them in Walker.
Mayor Gary Carey thanked Long for his service and servant leadership.
The city says it will start looking for the next chief right away.
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