Editorial: Efforts for affordable housing need our support
By The Herald Editorial Board
One groundbreaking can look pretty similar to another as it marks the start of a construction project: There are public officials giving speeches, donning hard hats and grabbing shovels to toss some dirt.
It’s the stories of individuals, however, those who have been aided by similar projects, that make the case for attention to the start of such work.
Among the speakers Monday at the groundbreaking for Housing Hope’s latest project — Twin Lakes Landing II, with 60 units of two- and three-bedroom units of affordable housing for homeless and low-income families near Marysville’s Gissberg Twin Lakes — was Melonique “Mel” Simpson, a former Housing Hope resident, who now serves on the nonprofit’s board of directors.
Housing Hope, the leading provider of affordable housing and shelter for the homeless in Snohomish County, since 1987 has built 479 residential units and 301 homeowner residences. Much of that housing is paired with “wraparound” services — for education, training, jobs and family support — that are helping to break the cycle of poverty.
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