The Washington State Department of Ecology announced Thursday it will seek an agreement to link the state's cap-and-trade program with the California-Quebec market.
Ninebark, a residential community in Washougal along the Columbia River, was developed by Killian Pacific, with 10 percent of the units designated as affordable housing, and the project was built with a diverse workforce.
As Washington continues to experience a severe housing affordability crisis, state legislators may finetune some existing tax incentive programs to encourage greater development.
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes the state should make WA Cares optional, as some lawmakers have proposed and as an initiative the legislature is hoping to do.
